What This Statute Says
Income-assignment paperwork is one of the more procedural pieces of an Arizona divorce. This section requires the supreme court to publish standard forms for every step, from the petition through the motion to quash, so the same paperwork moves through every county the same way.
A. The petition or request for assignment, order for assignment, notices to obligor and employer, request for hearing and motion to quash or request to stop or modify the order of assignment shall be on forms prescribed by the supreme court and shall be furnished by the clerk of the superior court as required by law or on request of any obligor, payee or employer.
A.R.S. § 25-323.3When This Statute Comes Into Play
This rule applies when:
- A parent or spouse files a petition or request to assign income for support.
- An obligor or employer asks for a hearing or files a motion to quash, stop, or modify the assignment.
- A clerk of the superior court receives a request for the standard forms.
Parties may submit alternate documents, but only if those documents contain every required item from the standard form.
What This Means for Arizona Families
Routine procedural rules like this one rarely make headlines, but they prevent a huge amount of confusion. A self-represented spouse trying to set up or contest a wage assignment can pull a blank form from the clerk and know it has every required field. An employer who must process the assignment can recognize the same form whether the case is in Maricopa County, Pima County, or rural Arizona.
Divorce shifts beneficiary designations, joint titles, and trust roles in ways most families do not see coming. Our FAQ on how divorce affects your Arizona estate plan walks through the parallel estate-plan tasks. The community property framework is the backdrop for almost every issue in this article, and many couples also have a premarital agreement that the family law attorney must read alongside these statutes. An Arizona family law attorney working with an estate planning attorney can coordinate the dissolution outcome with updates to the will, the revocable living trust, beneficiary designations, and powers of attorney so the post-divorce plan is consistent.