A petitioner may begin adoption proceedings in the court in the county where the prospective adoptive parent resides or, if applicable, in the county where the child is a ward.
A.R.S. § 8-104
Venue
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Hunt v. Molloy (1966)
Most recently applied in Clark v. Curran (January 1977)
Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.