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AZ SB1328

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/25/2026

Primary Sponsor

Mark Finchem

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona domestic relations law (Section 25-103) to add protection of parents' rights and the parents' bill of rights (sections 1-601 and 1-602) as explicit public policy purposes

  • Establishes that children have a right to equal access to both co-parents, adding this to the existing best interest standards that already favor substantial parenting time with both parents

  • Declares legislative intent recognizing children's constitutional rights to family integrity under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, protecting the family unit from unwarranted state interference

  • Cites multiple U.S. Supreme Court precedents (Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Stanley v. Illinois, Santosky v. Kramer, Troxel v. Granville) affirming parents' fundamental rights to care, custody, and control of their children

  • Establishes Arizona policy that the "best interest of the child" standard should include presumptions favoring shared parenting unless evidence shows otherwise

Legislative Description

Domestic relations; parents' rights

Marital And Domestic Relations - Title 25

Last Action

House read second time

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules3/9/2026
Judiciary2/25/2026
Rules1/26/2026
Judiciary and Elections1/26/2026

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