Best-interests factors are the statutory and case-specific facts the court weighs to decide legal decision making and parenting time under A.R.S. § 25-403. The factors include the relationship of the child with each parent, the child's adjustment to home, school, and community, the mental and physical health of all persons involved, domestic violence or child abuse history, which parent is more likely to allow meaningful contact with the other safe parent, and the child's wishes if the child is of suitable age and maturity.

The best-interests analysis is fact-intensive and case-specific. No single factor is automatically determinative. A judge can weigh the factors differently based on the specific family and the specific child.

Under the Alec and Lydia Act the best-interests analysis in domestic violence cases has been fundamentally changed. The court must now apply a mandatory presumption against the abusive parent, treat safety as the highest priority, and make specific written findings on the domestic violence evidence. The general best-interests framework continues to apply but it operates within and after the mandatory presumption analysis.