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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

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  • 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    3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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

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  • HB 781, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/30/2021 at 4:12 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1106 (c1) Domestic Violence and Parental Responsibility Determinations Berman Similar Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Judiciary

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    61.046 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    61.13 Support of children; parenting and time-sharing; powers of court. Page 3 (pdf)
    414.0252 Definitions. Page 9 (pdf)
    741.28 Domestic violence; definitions. Page 9 (pdf)
    741.30 Domestic violence; injunction; powers and duties of court and clerk; petition; notice and hearing; temporary injunction; issuance of injunction; statewide verification system; enforcement; public records exemption. Page 11 (pdf)
    921.0024 Criminal Punishment Code; worksheet computations; scoresheets. Page 18 (pdf)
    943.0584 Criminal history records ineligible for court-ordered expunction or court-ordered sealing. Page 23 (pdf)
    943.171 Basic skills training in handling domestic violence cases. Page 23 (pdf)

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