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Arizona Dissolution

One question comes first here: covenant or standard?

Arizona recognizes covenant marriage — an opt-in regime entered by declaration — and a covenant marriage dissolves only on statutory grounds, one of which is that both spouses agree. The qualifier asks covenant status right after safety, walks the § 25-312 findings, and routes honestly — including away.

Arizona is the only state on this platform where the FIRST routing question after safety is covenant status: a covenant marriage (§ 25-901 declaration of intent) dissolves only on the § 25-903 grounds — and one of those grounds is that both spouses agree.

1 · Is there violence or fear in your situation?

This question comes first, alone, on purpose — a yes routes to safety resources and the Order of Protection lane before any workflow.

2 · Is this a COVENANT marriage?

Covenant marriage is an opt-in regime entered by a declaration of intent (§ 25-901) — most Arizona marriages are not covenant marriages. Your marriage license paperwork says which.

3 · Has either spouse been domiciled in Arizona (or stationed here) for ninety days?

§ 25-312's domicile finding — measured at filing; military stationing counts.

4 · Is the marriage irretrievably broken?

The no-fault finding: "no reasonable prospect of reconciliation" (§ 25-312). For standard marriages, no other ground is required.

5 · Where does the agreement actually stand?

Honest answer — the consent-decree lane only works when it's actually agreed.

Where the facts route

Answer the questions

The routing renders when every question is answered — the covenant question changes everything after it.

Authority locked — retrieved from the hash-pinned corpus

A.R.S. § 25-312 · #eb7f87fcA.R.S. § 25-901 · #0276986bA.R.S. § 25-903 · #878347bdA.R.S. § 25-329 · #33b32dc1

This platform prepares no Arizona documents. Arizona's Legal Document Preparer regime (Rule 31, ACJA § 7-208) governs document preparation, and until counsel resolves how it applies here, the official filing paths are the Judicial Branch's Self-Service Center forms and instructions. Covenant-ground questions are contested findings — attorney territory. Legal information, not legal advice.