AZ HB2995

Creates a mandatory rebuttable presumption that awarding legal decision-making or parenting time to a parent who committed domestic violence is contrary to the child's best interests, replacing the previous discretionary framework.

Expands the definition of domestic violence to include "coercive control," encompassing patterns of threatening, humiliating, or intimidating actions such as financial control, isolation from family/friends, surveillance, and threats against persons, animals, or property.

Requires courts to make specific detailed findings on domestic violence allegations, including coercive control evidence and severity of acts, with legal sufficiency subject to de novo appellate review.

Establishes that domestic violence claims need only be proven by preponderance of evidence without corroboration, and courts must consider collateral acts of domestic violence against any person.

Prohibits courts from ordering joint counseling between domestic violence victims and perpetrators, and designates domestic violence allegations as a primary factor in modification proceedings under what is titled the "Alec and Lydia Act."