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Last Post 19 May 2026 12:32 PM by  Greg Sakall
R-26-0008 Petition to Amend Rules 14, 45, & 45.1, and to Adopt Rule 45.2, ARFLP
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Greg Sakall
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09 Jan 2026 11:33 AM
    Greg Sakall
    Judge, Division 23
    Pima County Superior Court
    110 W Congress
    Tucson, AZ 85701
    Telephone: (520) 724-8301
    [email protected]

    The Committee on Family Court (“COFC”) respectfully requests that the Court amend Rules 14, 45, and 45.1 and to adopt Rule 45.2 of the Arizona Rules of Family Law Procedure. The adoption of Rule 45.2 would extend the summary consent decree process to unmarried parents who have proceedings under Title 25 to establish maternity or paternity, legal decision-making, parenting time, and child support.

    Filed: January 9, 2026

    Would adopt a new Rule 45.2 of the Rules of Family Law Procedure and amend Rules 14, 45, and 45.1 of the same rules to, among other things, extend the summary consent decree process to unmarried parents.

    Comments must be submitted by no later than Friday, May 1, 2026, and any reply by a petitioner must be submitted no later than Monday, June 1, 2026.
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    NicholasBrown
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    10 Feb 2026 06:42 PM
    Nicholas J. Brown
    1850 N. Central Ave. Suite 1900
    Phoenix, AZ 85004
    602-322-4008
    [email protected]
    SBN: 035100

    I support the proposed rule changes and addition of Rule 45.2 to address maternity/paternity and other establishment proceedings.

    I would change the proposed revision to Rule 45.1(d)(4) on page 5 to reflect the case will continue as a petition "for dissolution, legal separation, or annulment" not as "to establish paternity or maternity and/or a petition to establish legal decision-making, parenting time, and child support" as that would be under Rule 45.2(d)(4).
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    29 Apr 2026 11:16 PM
    Samuel A. Thumma
    Chair, Arizona Commission on Access to Justice
    Judge, Arizona Court of Appeals
    Division One
    State Courts Building
    1501 West Washington Street
    Phoenix, AZ 85007-3329
    Telephone: (602) 452-6700
    [email protected]
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    Greg Sakall
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    19 May 2026 12:32 PM
    Please find attached COFC's Reply in support of the Petition.

    Greg Sakall
    Judge, Division 23
    Pima County Superior Court
    110 W Congress
    Tucson, AZ 85701
    Telephone: (520) 724-8301
    [email protected] (for COFC purposes only)
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