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 andone 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

Petition/Response Packets

Forms

Step 1 - Individual Forms

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

Step 2 - Individual Forms

  1. Acceptance of Service (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, Individual Forms (Choose One of the Following: Default. Motion to Set or Response)

  1. Application for Default (Option for Petitioner Only) (PDF)
  2. Application for Default (Option for Petitioner Only) (Spanish) (PDF)
  3. Notice of Hearing (must be filed with the application of default (PDF)
  4. Motion to Set for Trial (PDF)
  5. Motion to Set for Trial (Spanish) (PDF)
  6. Response to Petition for Grandparents Rights (Option for Respondent Only) (PDF)
  7. Response to Petition for Grandparents Rights Spanish (Option for Respondent Only) (PDF)
  8. Family Department Sensitive Data Coversheet (PDF)
  9. Response - Family Court Sensitive Cover Sheet (Spanish) (PDF)

Step 4

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