If a petition for adoption is filed prior to a child's eighteenth birthday jurisdiction of the superior court continues for purposes of entering an order of adoption of such child even if the child becomes eighteen years of age prior to the final adoption hearing.
A.R.S. § 8-102.01
Jurisdiction
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Roberto F. v. Department of Child Safety (2014)
Most recently applied in Roberto F. v. Department of Child Safety (August 2014)
Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.