REFERENCE TITLE: parental alienation; testimony; prohibition

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

HB 2256

Introduced by

Representatives Keshel: Fink, Gillette

AN ACT

amending title 25, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 25-407.01; relating to legal decision-making and parenting time.

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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 25-407.01, to read:

START_STATUTE25-407.01. Legal decision-making and parenting time hearings; parental alienation testimony; prohibition; definition

A. in any legal decision-making or parenting time proceeding, including a legal decision-making or parenting time modification petition filed pursuant to section 25-411, the court is prohibited from taking testimony or ruling on a legal decision-making or parenting time petition based solely on an allegation of parental alienation.

B. For the purposes of this section, "parental alienation" means the psychological manipulation of a child into showing unwarranted fear, disrespect or hostility toward a parent or another family member, or both. END_STATUTE