• You have filed a petition in the Juvenile Court for either:
  
  • Dependency, or
  • Termination of Parental Rights ("Severance"), AND
• You understand you are required to "serve notice" to parties legally entitled to receive notice of your filing.  This includes the minor's parents, legal guardian, custodian (a person with whom the minor is or has been living), or other person claiming a right to receive notice, AND
• You understand that your case cannot proceed until you have provided proof to the court that notice has been given in a manner permitted by law, AND
• You understand that you may NOT hand-deliver the papers to the other party unless he or she (and no one else) will sign an "Acceptance of Service" form in front of a Notary or Clerk of Superior Court and return the form for you to file with the Court or file it his or her self.

*NEW* Change in process effective 8/13/2026
When serving an inmate housed in an Arizona State Prison, mailing instructions have changed. 
The copy sent with a return confirmation (return receipt or signature confirmation) must be mailed to the following address. The sender must also include the following information on the envelope, or the mail may be rejected: 
     1) the sender’s full return address on the envelope, including first and last name, and
     2) The words “JUVENILE COURT FILING” written along the bottom of the front of the envelope.

Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry
Inmate’s Full First and Last Name + ADCRR Number
Prison Complex, Assigned Unit
801 E Jefferson Street
Phoenix, AZ 85034

The copy sent by first-class mail must be mailed to the following address. The sender must include their full return address on the envelope, including their first and last name.

Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry
Inmate’s Full First and Last Name + ADCRR Number
Prison Complex, Assigned Unit
P.O. Box 211309
Dallas, TX 75211

You can look up inmate numbers, along with prison complex and assigned unit information for the address if not known.