A. This article applies to the testimony or statements of a minor in criminal proceedings involving acts committed against the minor or involving acts witnessed by the minor whether or not those acts are charged and in civil proceedings including proceedings involving a dependency or a termination of parental rights.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-4251

  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Minor: means a person under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.

B. In this article, "minor" means a person under fifteen years of age or a person who has a developmental disability as defined in section 41-2451 and who has a tested intelligence quotient score below seventy-five.

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