The settlement of a claim brought on behalf of a minor or adult in need of protection is not binding unless a judicial officer approves it as provided in Rule 53 of the Arizona Rules of Probate Procedure.
Ariz. R. Civ. P. 16.3
Arizona
Civil Procedure
Civil Procedure
Rule 1 – Scope and Purpose
Rule 2 – One Form of Action
Rule 3 – Commencing an Action
Rule 4 – Summons
Rule 4.1 – Service of Process Within Arizona
Rule 4.2 – Service of Process Outside Arizona
Rule 5 – Serving Pleadings and Other Documents
Rule 5.1 – Filing Pleadings and Other Documents
Rule 5.2 – Form of Documents
Rule 5.3 – Duties of Counsel and Parties
Rule 5.4 – Sealing and Unsealing Court Records
Rule 6 – Computing and Extending Time
Rule 7 – Pleadings Allowed
Rule 7.1 – Motions
Rule 7.2 – Motions in Limine
Rule 7.3 – Orders to Show Cause
Rule 7.4 – Joint Filings
Rule 8 – General Rules of Pleading
Rule 8.1 – Assignment and Management of Commercial Cases
Rule 9 – Pleading Special Matters
Rule 10 – Form of Pleadings
Rule 11 – Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Documents; Representations to the Court; Sanctions; Assisting Filing by Self-Represented Person
Rule 12 – Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Joining Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing [Effectrive until January 1, 2021]
Rule 12 – Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Joining Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing [Effectrive January 1, 2021]
Rule 13 – Counterclaim and Crossclaim
Rule 14 – Third-Party Practice
Rule 15 – Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
Rule 16 – Scheduling and Management of Actions
Rule 16.1 – Settlement Conferences
Rule 16.2 – Good Faith Settlement Hearings
Rule 16.3 – Settlements of Claims for Minors and Adults in Need of Protection
Rule 17 – Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers
Rule 18 – Joinder of Claims
Rule 19 – Required Joinder of Parties
Rule 20 – Permissive Joinder of Parties
Rule 21 – Improper Joinder and Nonjoinder of Parties; Severance
Rule 22 – Interpleader
Rule 23 – Class Actions
Rule 23.1 – Derivative Actions
Rule 23.2 – Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations
Rule 24 – Intervention
Rule 25 – Substitution of Parties
Rule 26 – General Provisions Governing Discovery
Rule 26.1 – Prompt Disclosure of Information
Rule 26.2 – Tiered Limits to Discovery Based on Attributes of Cases
Rule 26.3 – Exchange of Medical Records and Timing of Expert Disclosure in Medical Malpractice Actions
Rule 27 – Discovery Before an Action Is Filed or Pending an Appeal
Rule 28 – Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken; Depositions in Foreign Countries; Letters of Request and Commissions
Rule 29 – Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
Rule 30 – Depositions by Oral Examination
Rule 31 – Depositions by Written Questions
Rule 32 – Using Depositions in Court Proceedings
Rule 33 – Interrogatories to Parties
Rule 34 – Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering Onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes
Rule 35 – Physical and Mental Examinations
Rule 36 – Requests for Admission
Rule 37 – Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
Rule 38 – Right to a Jury Trial; Demand; Waiver
Rule 38.1 – Setting Civil Actions for Trial; Postponements; Scheduling Conflicts; Dismissal Calendar
Rule 39 – Trial by Jury or by the Court
Rule 40 – Trial Procedures
Rule 41 – Dismissal of Actions
Rule 42 – Consolidation; Separate Trials
Rule 42.1 – Change of Judge as a Matter of Right
Rule 42.2 – Change of Judge for Cause
Rule 43 – Taking Testimony
Rule 44 – Proving an Official Record
Rule 44.1 – Determining Foreign Law
Rule 45 – Subpoena
Rule 45.1 – Interstate Depositions and Discovery
Rule 45.2 – Dispute Resolution Procedures Regarding Preservation Requests
Rule 46 – Objecting to a Ruling or Order
Rule 47 – Jury Selection; Juror Information; Voir Dire; Challenges
Rule 48 – Stipulations on Jury Size and Verdict
Rule 49 – Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions; Proceedings on Return of Verdict; Form of Verdict
Rule 50 – Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling
Rule 51 – Jury Instructions; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error
Rule 52 – Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings
Rule 53 – Masters
Rule 54 – Judgment; Costs; Attorney’s Fees; Form of Proposed Judgments
Rule 55 – Default; Default Judgment
Rule 56 – Summary Judgment
Rule 57 – Declaratory Judgment
Rule 57.1 – Declaration of Factual Innocence
Rule 57.2 – Declaration of Factual Improper Party Status
Rule 58 – Entering Judgment
Rule 59 – New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment
Rule 60 – Relief from Judgment or Order
Rule 61 – Harmless Error
Rule 62 – Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
Rule 63 – Judge’s Inability to Proceed
Rule 64 – Seizing a Person or Property
Rule 64.1 – Civil Arrest Warrant
Rule 65 – Injunctions and Restraining Orders
Rule 65.1 – Proceedings Against Surety
Rule 65.2 – Action Under A.R.S. Section 23-212 or Section 23-212.01
Rule 66 – Receivers
Rule 67 – Deposit into Court
Rule 68 – Offer of Judgment
Rule 69 – Execution
Rule 70 – Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act
Rule 70.1 – Application to Transfer Structured Settlement Payment Rights
Rule 71 – Enforcing Relief for or Against a Nonparty
Rule 72 – Suitability for Arbitration
Rule 73 – Appointment of Arbitrator
Rule 74 – General Proceedings and Prehearing Procedures
Rule 75 – Hearing Procedures
Rule 76 – Posthearing Procedures
Rule 77 – Appeal
Rule 78 – Reserved
Rule 79 – Reserved
Rule 80 – General Provisions
Rule 81 – Effective Date; Applicability
Rule 81.1 – Juvenile Emancipation
Rule 82 – Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
Rule 83 – Reserved
Form 1 – Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons
Form 2 – Waiver of Service of Summons
Form 3 – Abrogated
Form 4 – Uniform Interrogatories for use in Medical Malpractice Cases
Form 5 – Uniform Personal Injury Interrogatories
Form 6 – Contract Interrogatories
Form 7 – Notice of Petition: Preservation of Electronically Stored Information
Form 8 – Notice of Limited Scope Representation
Form 9 – Form of Subpoena
Form 10 – Certification of a Complex Case
Form 11(a) – Joint Report: Tier 1 Case
Form 11(b) – Proposed Scheduling Order: Tier 1 Case
Form 12(a) – Joint Report: Tier 2 Case
Form 12(b) – Proposed Scheduling Order: Tier 2 Case
Form 13(a) – Joint Report: Tier 3 Case
Form 13(b) – Proposed Scheduling Order: Tier 3 Case
Form 14(a) – Joint Report: Commercial Case
Form 14(b) – Proposed Scheduling Order: Commercial Case