Bill Text: AZ HB2112 | 2019 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered
Bill Title: Community property award; convicted spouse
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Chapter 28 [HB2112 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2019-HB2112-Chaptered.html
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House Engrossed |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session 2019
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CHAPTER 28
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HOUSE BILL 2112 |
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AN ACT
amending section 25‑318.02, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to community property.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 25-318.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
25-318.02. Convicted spouse; award of community property; definition
A. In an action described in section 25‑318, subsection A, the court shall not award any community property to a convicted spouse.
B. If one spouse is required to make ongoing installment payments to a convicted spouse pursuant to a division of property as described in section 25‑318 and the convicted spouse's conviction occurs after the order to make the installment payments, the spouse making the installment payments may petition the court for a modification of that ongoing payment.
C. For the purposes of this section, "convicted spouse" means a person who is convicted of an offense and who is sentenced to at least eighty years in prison or to life in prison, with or without the possibility of parole.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MARCH 22, 2019.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 22, 2019.
