Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 8-543 (2026)

Sibling information exchange program; definition

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8-543. Sibling information exchange program; definition

A. The administrative office of the courts shall establish a sibling information exchange program to facilitate contact between a former dependent child and the child's sibling or siblings.

B. The following persons may participate in the program:

1. An adult who is a former dependent child.

2. A juvenile who is a former dependent child, through any of the following:

(a) The juvenile's adoptive parent.

(b) The juvenile's guardian.

(c) The juvenile's biological parent if that person has legal custody of the child and is not a party to a pending dependency proceeding.

3. The adult sibling of a former dependent child.

C. A person participating in the program shall use a confidential intermediary who is certified pursuant to section 8-134. The confidential intermediary may access court, division and agency records. The confidential intermediary must keep confidential all information the intermediary obtains during the course of the investigation and may use this information only to arrange a contact or to share information between the person who initiates the search and the person who is the subject of the search. The confidential intermediary shall not contact any person who is under eighteen years of age.

D. If a former dependent child does not wish to be contacted by the child's sibling or siblings the former dependent child may file an affidavit so stating with the court. If an affidavit is part of the court record, the confidential intermediary shall not make contact with the former dependent child unless the former dependent child withdraws the affidavit and grants permission in writing or the former dependent child has filed an affidavit stating that the former dependent child knows about the sibling or siblings and wishes to make contact with the sibling or siblings.

E. The supreme court shall adopt rules necessary to implement the sibling information exchange program.

F. For the purposes of this section, "sibling" includes a person who shares a common biological parent, stepparent or adoptive parent.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1975–1987 · leading case: State v. Fowler, 752 P.2d 497 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1987).

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State v. Fowler, 752 P.2d 497 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 10× “Rules 58(a) and 73(b), Rules of Civil Procedure (Rule 73(b) deleted effective Jan.”

Matter of App. in Maricopa Cty., Juv. Act., 549 P.2d 580 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 10× “" A.R.S. § 8-543 (effective 1970) provides that: "Any party aggrieved by any order, judgment or decree of the court may appeal to the court of appeals for review of questions of law.”

State v. Garza, 623 P.2d 367 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 10× “§ 8-236, the right to appeal from orders terminating parental rights was provided for by A.R.S. § 8-543. That statute directed that the civil rules would apply.”

In Re the Appeal in Maricopa Cnty., Juv. Actions Nos. J-86384 & JS-2605, 594 P.2d 104 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “” and under A.R.S. § 8-543 that: “The procedure of such an appeal shall be governed by the same provision [sic] applicable to appeals from the superior court.”

Hernandez v. State ex rel. Arizona Dep't of Econ. Sec., 530 P.2d 389 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 4× “A.R.S. § 8-543 provides: “Any party aggrieved by any order, judgment or decree of the court may appeal to the court of appeals for review of questions of law.”

In re the Appeal in Maricopa Cnty., 549 P.2d 580 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 9× “” A.R.S. § 8-543 (effective 1970) provides that: “Any party aggrieved by any order, judgment or decree of the court may appeal to the court of appeals for review of questions of law.”

Hernandez v. St. Ex Rel. Ariz. Dept. of Econ. Sec., 530 P.2d 389 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 4× “A.R.S. § 8-543 provides: "Any party aggrieved by any order, judgment or decree of the court may appeal to the court of appeals for review of questions of law.”

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