In the fall of 2024, the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) mailed letters to parents who once had an open dependency and/or severance case.
Did you receive a letter? Visit the DCS letter page for more information.
Probate
Glossaries
| Term | Main definition |
|---|---|
| Catalogue of electronic communications | Information that identifies each person with which a user has had an electronic communication, the time and date of the communication and the electronic address of the person. |
| Certified paper original | A tangible document that contains both the text of an electronic will and any self-proving affidavit concerning the electronic will. |
| Charitable trust | A trust, or portion of a trust, created for a charitable purpose described in Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 14-10405, Subsection A. |
| Chief medical officer | The chief medical officer under the supervision of the superintendent of the state hospital. |
| Community property | Property of a husband and wife that is acquired during the marriage and that is community property as prescribed in Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 25-211. |
| Conservator | A person who is appointed by a court to manage the estate of a protected person. |
| Contact order | An order allowing contact between a ward and a person with a significant relationship to the ward. |
| Content of an electronic communication | Information concerning the substance or meaning of the communication that meets all of the following requirements:
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| Contraindicated | Means that access is reasonably likely to endanger the life or physical safety of the patient or another person. |
| Criminal history | Police reports, lists of prior arrests and convictions, criminal case pleadings and court orders, including a determination that the person has been found incompetent to stand trial pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 13-4510. |
| Custodial property | An interest in property that is transferred to a custodian pursuant to this article and income from and proceeds of that interest in property. |
| Custodial trust property | An interest in property transferred to or held under a declaration of trust by a custodial trustee under this chapter and the income from and proceeds of that interest. |
| Custodial trustee | A person who is designated as trustee of a custodial trust under this chapter or a substitute or successor to the person designated. |
| Custodian | A person designated pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 14-7659 or a successor or substitute custodian designated pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 14-7668. |