Establish Grandparent Visitation

Guidelines

  • You are natural or adoptive grandparents or great grandparent or the child(ren), and,
  • You want to get a court order allowing you visitation with the child(ren), and,
  • The child(ren) has/have resided (lived) in Arizona at least 6 months before you file the petition or you talked to a lawyer who advised you that even so you could pursue the case in Arizona and one of the following is true:
    • The parents of child(ren) have been divorced for at least 3 months, or
    • One parent has been dead or missing for at least 3 months, or
    • The child(ren) were born out of wedlock

Forms

Step 1

  1. Family Department Sensitive Data Coversheet (PDF)
  2. Family Department Sensitive Data Coversheet (Spanish) (PDF)
  3. Petition for Grandparent Visitation (PDF)
  4. Petition for Grandparent Visitation (Spanish) (PDF)
  5. Summons (PDF)
  6. Summons (Spanish) (PDF)

Step 2

  1. Acceptance of Service (Grandparent Visitation) (PDF)
  2. Acceptance of Service (Grandparent Visitation) (Spanish) (PDF)
  3. Affidavit of Service Signature Confirmation (PDF)
  4. Affidavit of Service Signature Confirmation (Spanish) (PDF)

Step 3, Choose One of the Following:

  1. Response to Petition for Dissolution of Marriage with Minor Children (Option for Respondent Only) (PDF)
  2. Response to Petition for Dissolution of Marriage with Minor Children (Option for Respondent Only) (Spanish) (PDF)
  3. Response - Family Court Sensitive Cover Sheet (PDF)
  4. Response - Family Court Sensitive Cover Sheet (Spanish) (PDF)
  5. Application for Default (Option for Petitioner Only) (PDF)
  6. Application for Default (Option for Petitioner Only) (Spanish) (PDF)
  7. Motion to Set for Trial (PDF)
  8. Motion to Set for Trial (Spanish) (PDF)

Step 4

  1. Order Regarding Petition for Grandparent Visitation (PDF)
  2. Order Regarding Petition for Grandparent Visitation (Spanish) (PDF)