Arizona Court Records

Arizona dissolutions are Superior Court cases under A.R.S. 25-311, kept by the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county. All case records are open to the public except as closed by law, by Rule 123 of the Rules of the Supreme Court or by sealing order, and family files are not closed as a class. The sworn Affidavit of Financial Information, filed when support, maintenance or fees are at issue, goes into the file with the petition, the decree and its property division, any attached settlement agreement, support orders and qualified domestic relations orders, though Rule 43.1(g) of the family law rules lets the clerk treat it as confidential; the Rule 49 Disclosure Statement with the full asset and debt inventory is served on the other party and never filed.

Public Access to Court Information indexes cases from 177 of 184 Arizona courts without documents; eAccess does not sell images of family or domestic relations cases, and Maricopa County allows inspection at no charge at the Clerk's office. Sealing is by motion under the family law rules and Rule 123. The Arizona asset search page explains what the affidavit and decree show.

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