SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 550

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senators Rossin and Ostalkiewicz moved the following amendment

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14         Senate Amendment 

15         On page 52, lines 9-21, and page 69, line 24, through

16  page 70, line 5, delete those lines

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19         (d)  Not later than 30 days after the filing of a

20  motion under this subsection, the court must conduct a

21  preliminary hearing to determine what contact, if any, shall

22  be permitted between a birth parent and the child pending

23  resolution of the motion. Such contact shall only be

24  considered if it is requested by a birth parent who has

25  appeared at the hearing. If the court orders contact between a

26  birth parent and child, the order must be issued in writing as

27  expeditiously as possible and must state with specificity any

28  provisions regarding contact with persons other than those

29  with whom the child resides.

30         (e)  At the preliminary hearing, the court, upon the

31  motion of any party or its own motion, may order scientific

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 550

    Amendment No.    





 1  testing to determine the paternity of the minor if the person

 2  seeking to set aside the judgment is alleging to be the

 3  child's birth father and that fact has not previously been

 4  determined by legitimacy or scientific testing. The court may

 5  order supervised visitation with a person from whom scientific

 6  testing for paternity has been ordered conditional upon the

 7  filing of those test results with the court and such results

 8  establish that person's paternity of the minor.

 9         (f)  No later than 45 days after the preliminary

10  hearing, the court must conduct a final hearing on the motion

11  to set aside the judgment and issue its written order as

12  expeditiously as possible thereafter.

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