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SSB 1003Died when the session ended · January 20, 2021

SSB 1003

Topics:Courts & civil law

Same legislation: HF 202

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Also covers HF 202.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2021
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to the awarding of custody of a child. The bill amends the factors upon which the court determines the custody arrangement that is in the best interest of the child by eliminating the factor of whether one or both of the parents agree or are opposed to joint custody. The bill establishes a rebuttable presumption in favor of the awarding of joint physical care if the court awards joint legal custody to both parents, and requires the parents to submit a joint physical care parenting plan.

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_____ not award joint physical care, the bill requires the court to cite clear and convincing evidence that the awarding of joint physical care is unreasonable and not in the best interest of the child, to the extent that the joint physical care relationship between the child and each parent should not be equal. A finding by the court that a history of child abuse or neglect exists relative to the child is sufficient to rebut the presumption in favor of the awarding of joint physical care. The bill makes conforming changes in the Code due to the elimination of the factor of whether one or both of the parents agree or are opposed to joint custody relative to determining the best interest of the child.

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Senate subcommittee

Named January 24, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§598.41§598.7§633.560A

How the Code works2

Lobbying

15 for · 4 against · 3 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

SF 11Renumbered88th GAHF 2429Cleared committee88th GA

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SSB 1003Cleared committee

89th General Assembly

HF 202Cleared committee

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • HF 2429 Relating to the awarding of joint custody and joint physical care
    88th General Assembly · In committee · same title
    Cleared committee
  • SF 11 Relating to the awarding of joint custody and joint physical care
    88th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 571 · same title
    Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.