What will the court do to a parent who does not allow reasonable parenting time?
Arizona Law (A.R.S. 25-408) states: “A parent not granted custody of the child is entitled to reasonable parenting time rights to ensure that the minor child has frequent and continuing contact with the non-custodial parent unless the court finds, after a hearing, that parenting time would endanger seriously the child’s physical, mental, moral or emotional health.” The court will usually order the parenting time that the judge feels is reasonable. The parent who does not follow the parenting time order can be found in contempt of court, and can either be forced to pay a fine or can be made to go to jail. That parent can also be assessed attorney’s fees and court costs. Denial of parenting time is likely to be a major factor in considering a change of custody to the other parent. Parenting time interference is also a crime when court ordered specific parenting time is refused. “Specific” refers to times, days or dates, places, etc. “Reasonable parenting time” is not specific parenting t
