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HB 781: Domestic Violence and Parental Responsibility Determinations

GENERAL BILL by Grieco ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gottlieb ; Hunschofsky ; Slosberg-King

Domestic Violence and Parental Responsibility Determinations; Requires court to order shared parental responsibility if it is in best interests of child; provides that clear & convincing evidence of certain conduct creates certain rebuttable presumption; authorizes parent to rebut such presumption if specified criteria are met; requires court to consider all time-sharing factors when developing time-sharing schedule if presumption is rebutted; provides for sole parental responsibility with specified time-sharing arrangements; removes requirement for court to consider certain evidence regardless of whether there is conviction; revises & provides factors that court must consider when determining best interests of child; revises instructions & form for domestic violence injunctions to require inclusion of certain information.

Effective Date: 7/1/2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/30/2021 House • Filed
12/13/2021 House • Referred to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
• Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
• Referred to Judiciary Committee
• Now in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
1/11/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 House • Died in Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee