Legal Question in Family Law in Arizona

The documents are incorrect and therefore have to amended. If your daughter was not included, this means it's a family law case without children which is incorrect. There must be ordered regarding your daughter, even if it means a $0 child support order. The court will need orders on custody and parenting time. If your wife handed the papers to you, that is not effective service. If you signed and notarized an acceptance of service then you have been served.

Because the child was born during the marriage, it is PRESUMED by law to be a child of the marriage. SO, I would encourage you to AT LEAST have the issue addressed.

You have the right to claim that the child is yours under this presumption, which would give you the right to custody/access. If you do not beleive the child is yours, and you do not care for custody or access, then you should plead in your response that there was a child born during the marriage, non-common to the parties, and that you should have no rights nor responsibiities to that child. I would not want the issue unaddressed.

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