What This Statute Says
Effective support enforcement requires reliable income information. This section gives parties and agencies a tool to compel employers, payors, and self-employed obligors to provide the data needed to calculate and collect support.
Either party to an order for support or maintenance or an agency that has obtained a judgment in its favor in a paternity action or an action to establish child support may request information from an employer, payor or self-employed person pursuant to section 25-513.
A.R.S. § 25-330When This Statute Comes Into Play
This rule applies when:
- A party to an Arizona support order needs current employment information to enforce or modify the order.
- An agency with a paternity or child support judgment seeks income data from the obligor's employer.
- A self-employed obligor's income must be verified for support purposes.
What This Means for Arizona Families
Support enforcement is one of the hardest parts of post-divorce life for many Arizona families. The recipient parent often lacks visibility into the obligor's current employment, and the obligor may have incentives to obscure income. This section addresses that information asymmetry.
If you are owed support under an Arizona order and suspect the obligor's income has changed, this section gives you a path to verify. Our FAQ on how divorce affects your Arizona estate plan covers the parallel estate planning concerns. An Arizona family law attorney can use the information from this section to support a modification request or an enforcement action. Coordinating with an estate planning attorney ensures that the support enforcement effort dovetails with broader updates to the revocable living trust and life insurance backing the support obligation. Many Arizona families pair active enforcement with life insurance policies that secure support past the obligor's death, and the information from this section often surfaces both the income picture and the obligor's insurance coverage.