In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Arrearage" means the total unpaid support owed, including child support, past support, spousal maintenance and interest.
2. "Business day" means a day when state offices are open for regular business.
3. "Child support guidelines" means the child support guidelines that are adopted by the state supreme court.
4. "Child support subpoena" means a subpoena issued pursuant to section 25-520.
5. "Department" means the department of economic security.
6. "Income" means any form of payment owed to an individual, regardless of source, including wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, workers' compensation, disability payments, payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program and interest.
7. "Obligee" means a person or agency entitled to receive support.
8. "Obligor" means a person obligated to pay support.
9. "Support" means the provision of maintenance or subsistence and includes medical insurance coverage, or cash medical support, and uncovered medical costs for the child, arrearages, interest on arrearages, past support, interest on past support and reimbursement for expended public assistance. In a title IV-D case, support includes spousal maintenance that is included in the same order that directs child support.
10. "Support payment clearinghouse" means the clearinghouse established pursuant to section 46-441.
11. "Title IV-D" means title IV-D of the social security act.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
10
cases (
2 in the last 5 years), 2001–2025 · leading case:
Keefer v. Keefer, 239 P.3d 756 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2010).
Keefer v. Keefer, 239 P.3d 756 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 4× “¶ 11 Pursuant to A.R.S. § 25-500(9), the term “support” is defined as “the provision of maintenance or subsistence” that includes “uncovered medical costs for the child----[Sjupport includes spousal maintenance that is included in the same order that directs child support.”
Gelin v. Murray, 494 P.3d 1112 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2021).
· cites it 2× “See A.R.S. § 25-500(1) (“’Arrearage’ means the total unpaid support owed, including child support, past support, spousal maintenance and interest.”
In Re Marriage of Dougall, 316 P.3d 591 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 2× “See A.R.S. § 25-500(1) (defining “[arrearage” as “the total unpaid support owed”).”
Hanley v. Indus. Comm'n, 21 P.3d 850 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2001).
· cites it 2× “See generally A.R.S. § 25-500(5) (defining “income” to mean any periodic form of payment, including wages and workers’ compensation disability benefits); A.”
Martinez v. Martinez (Ariz. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 3× “” A.R.S. § 25-500(1). Here, the award can be considered an arrearage because in taking the tax exemption Father affected Mother’s child support.”
Meadows v. Jeffers (Ariz. Ct. App. 2017).
· cites it 2× “” A.R.S. § 25-500(9). The decree the family court entered divides the responsibility for the children’s uninsured medical expenses.”
Downum v. Downum (Ariz. Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 2× “§ 2(C), and the purpose of child support is to support unemancipated children, A.R.S. §§ 25-500(9), -501(A). When the court ordered spousal maintenance in February 2015, it knew Husband’s child support obligation would end in 2018 with the emancipation of the second child.”
state/des v. Torres, 431 P.3d 1207 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 2× “" A.R.S. § 25-500(6) (2018). As stated, when the obligor is an inmate who earns income – wages – while 3 STATE/DES v.”
Strovink v. Jones (Ariz. Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 2× “See A.R.S. § 25-500(9) (Supp. 2014) (defining “support” as “the provision of maintenance or subsistence and includes medical insurance coverage, or cash medical support, and uncovered medical costs for the child, arrearages, interest on arrearages, past support, interest on past…”
Lalliss v. Nat'l Liab. (Ariz. Ct. App. 2025).
“D waives the warrant requirement and allows assignment in the following, inapplicable circumstances: “for the payment of support as defined in § 25-500, spousal maintenance and the fee for handling child support and spousal maintenance payments authorized by § 25-510.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 25-500(1) — 3 cases
Gelin v. Murray, 494 P.3d 1112 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2021).
“See A.R.S. § 25-500(1) (“’Arrearage’ means the total unpaid support owed, including child support, past support, spousal maintenance and interest.”
In Re Marriage of Dougall, 316 P.3d 591 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013).
“See A.R.S. § 25-500(1) (defining “[arrearage” as “the total unpaid support owed”).”
Martinez v. Martinez (Ariz. Ct. App. 2016).
“” A.R.S. § 25-500(1). Here, the award can be considered an arrearage because in taking the tax exemption Father affected Mother’s child support.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 25-500(5) — 1 case
Hanley v. Indus. Comm'n, 21 P.3d 850 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2001).
“See generally A.R.S. § 25-500(5) (defining “income” to mean any periodic form of payment, including wages and workers’ compensation disability benefits); A.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 25-500(6) — 1 case
state/des v. Torres, 431 P.3d 1207 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2018).
“" A.R.S. § 25-500(6) (2018). As stated, when the obligor is an inmate who earns income – wages – while 3 STATE/DES v.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 25-500(9) — 5 cases
Keefer v. Keefer, 239 P.3d 756 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2010).
“¶ 11 Pursuant to A.R.S. § 25-500(9), the term “support” is defined as “the provision of maintenance or subsistence” that includes “uncovered medical costs for the child----[Sjupport includes spousal maintenance that is included in the same order that directs child support.”
Meadows v. Jeffers (Ariz. Ct. App. 2017).
“” A.R.S. § 25-500(9). The decree the family court entered divides the responsibility for the children’s uninsured medical expenses.”
Downum v. Downum (Ariz. Ct. App. 2018).
“§ 2(C), and the purpose of child support is to support unemancipated children, A.R.S. §§ 25-500(9), -501(A). When the court ordered spousal maintenance in February 2015, it knew Husband’s child support obligation would end in 2018 with the emancipation of the second child.”
Strovink v. Jones (Ariz. Ct. App. 2014).
“See A.R.S. § 25-500(9) (Supp. 2014) (defining “support” as “the provision of maintenance or subsistence and includes medical insurance coverage, or cash medical support, and uncovered medical costs for the child, arrearages, interest on arrearages, past support, interest on past…”
Martinez v. Martinez (Ariz. Ct. App. 2016).
“” A.R.S. § 25-500(1). Here, the award can be considered an arrearage because in taking the tax exemption Father affected Mother’s child support.”
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