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REFERENCE TITLE: child bigamy; polygamy; child custody |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-eighth Legislature First Regular Session 2007
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HB 2325 |
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Introduced by Representative Lujan
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AN ACT
Amending title 25, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 25-403.10; relating to child custody.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 25, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 25-403.10, to read:
25-403.10. Child bigamy; polygamy; custody and parenting time; definitions
A. Unless the court finds that there is no significant risk to the child and states its reasons in writing, the court shall not grant a person sole or joint physical or legal custody of a child or unsupervised parenting time with a child if the court finds sufficient evidence to believe that the person has engaged in the practice of child bigamy pursuant to section 13‑3609 or polygamy and will continue to engage in the practice of child bigamy or polygamy in the future.
B. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Marriage" has the same meaning prescribed in section 13-3609.
2. "Polygamy" means a person who has a living spouse and who knowingly enters into a marriage with any other person.