Visitation is now called Parenting Time in Arizona for parents. Under current Arizona law, parenting time is the term used for time a legal parent spends with their child. Visitation is reserved for non-parents such as grandparents, stepparents, or persons who have stood in loco parentis.

The distinction matters in practice. A legal parent's right to time with their child is called parenting time and is governed by the parenting time statutes. A non-parent's right to time with a child is called visitation and is governed by the third-party rights statutes. Different legal standards apply to each.

If you have an older order that uses the word visitation to describe a parent's time with their child, it is interpreted under current Arizona law as parenting time. The label does not change the rights and obligations it creates.

See also the Access, Visitation, Parenting Time entry in this glossary.