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¶13 “The [superior] court is authorized to make childrearing decisions in limited, statutorily prescribed circumstances” and may “intervene when parents cannot agree on childrearing decisions to be included in a parenting plan.” ¶¶ 25–26 (2019).

§ 1-601 provides that fundamental parenting rights can only be infringed where there is a compelling governmental interest, this requirement is satisfied where the limitation is “necessary to prevent the child’s physical endangerment or significant emotional impairment.” ¶ 23 (2019).

¶ 37 (App. 2019) (the superior court did not need professional advice to make parenting time or legal decision-making determinations because it had already decided those issues).

¶ 27 (2019) (When the family court has awarded sole legal decision-making authority to a parent and the other parent disagrees with the sole legal decision-maker on a major issue, the court may intervene.).

¶ 37 (2019) (“[H]aving decided the legal decision-making and parenting time issues before it, the court had no statutory power to order Mother to participate in long-term psychotherapy going forward.”).

For instance, the supreme court held that under § 25-410(A) “the court may limit the sole legal decision-maker’s authority only if ‘the child’s physical health would be endangered or the child’s emotional development would be significantly impaired,’ circumstances that presumably would occur infrequently with a fit parent m

¶47 We agree with Father that once the court denied Grandmother’s petition, there was no longer “a case involving legal decision-making or parenting time.” Moreover, Rule 95 is a “procedural rule and cannot enlarge the court’s authority beyond that granted by statute.” ¶ 40 (2019).

§ 25-405(B) “applies only when an issue regarding legal decision-making authority or parenting time is pending before the court.” ¶ 37 (2019).

§ 25-403.02(D) (authorizing court intervention “[i]f the parents are unable to agree”); ¶ 27 (2019) (“[I]f the court awards joint legal decision-making authority, the court is authorized to resolve any conflict.”).

But procedural rules “cannot enlarge the court’s authority beyond that granted by statute.” ¶ 40 (2019) ( ¶¶ 20-21 (2007)).

§ 25-403.02(D) (empowering the court to determine disputed elements of a parenting plan); ¶ 27 (under A.R.S.