Judicial notice allows a court to accept certain facts or records as established without requiring the normal evidentiary proof process when those facts are so commonly known or so reliably verifiable that requiring formal proof would be unnecessarily burdensome.

In Arizona family law judicial notice is commonly requested for official court records, certified public records, and other matters within the court's official knowledge. Courts can take judicial notice of their own prior orders, of Arizona statutes, and of facts not subject to reasonable dispute.

Judicial notice is a tool for streamlining the introduction of evidence that would otherwise require authentication and foundational testimony.