Arizona bans controversial therapy that blocks kids from seeing favored parents in custody battles

Arizona family court officials will no longer have the power to order controversial reunification “treatments” that force minors back into contact with a parent they are rejecting after Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill banning the practice Tuesday.  

"I was glad to sign this bill to codify current best practices of the courts and prevent vulnerable children from being in potentially unwelcome and unhelpful situations,” Hobbs said in a statement to The Arizona Republic.