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Relating to consideration of the educational setting of a minor child in a child custody proceeding
Topics:Courts & civil law
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 15, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 17, 2021
- Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 824
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 824 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 824 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary When parents disagree about where a child should go to school, judges must consider the child's current educational setting when making custody decisions. The law assumes it is best for a child to stay in the same school they attended the previous year unless there is a good reason to change it. Court orders must clearly state each parent's rights and responsibilities regarding the child's schooling, and parents must give a copy of these orders to the school or district.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides that in determining temporary custody orders or the award of joint legal custody for a minor child, if the parents are in disagreement over the minor child’s educational setting, the court is to consider the educational setting of the minor child. In the case of awarding joint legal custody, the court is also to include a provision in the order regarding the educational setting of the minor child. There is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the minor child to remain in the educational setting in which the minor child was enrolled during the immediately preceding school year. The bill also defines “educational setting”. The bill directs that all orders relating to the custody of a child shall specify the rights and responsibilities of each parent relative to the minor child’s educational setting and specifies the minimum rights and responsibilities to be addressed in the order. The bill requires that any parent with legal custody of the child is to provide a copy of the order to the educational setting and to the school district of the child to whom the order applies.
House subcommittee
Named February 17, 2021. On February 24, 2021 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Lobbying
2 for · 2 against · 4 undecided · Who →
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Similar bills
- HF 438 Relating to consideration of the educational setting of a minor child in a child custody p…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 636Nearly identical
- HF 347 Relating to consideration of the educational setting of a minor child in a child custody p…91st General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 824Very similar
- SF 182 Relating to consideration of the educational setting of a minor child in a child custody p…91st General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 515Very similar
Matched by wording or an identical title.