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Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 18, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 1, 2024
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2322
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2322 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2322 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the awarding of joint physical care of children to parents awarded joint legal custody. The bill provides that if joint legal custody is awarded to both parents, a parent requests joint physical care, and both joint custodial parents agree to joint physical care, the court shall award joint physical care to both joint custodial parents unless the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that joint physical care is unreasonable and not in the best interest of the child.
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_____ determining the best interest of the child relative to a joint custody arrangement, the court shall consider continuity and stability of care of the child, including the historical care arrangement of the child between the parents; the ability of the parents to communicate with each other and demonstrate mutual respect; the degree of conflict between the parents; and the degree to which the parents are in general agreement about their approach to daily decisions affecting the child. If the court denies the request for joint physical care, the specific findings of fact and conclusions of law that must accompany the decision shall also include the court’s findings of fact relating to the factors specified in the bill.
House subcommittee
Named January 18, 2024. On January 23, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§598.41
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