IN HB1067 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-13 - Representatives McGuire and Teshka added as coauthors
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-13 - Representatives McGuire and Teshka added as coauthors
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Joint custody. Provides that a biological mother and biological father have joint legal custody unless otherwise provided by law. Requires a court to award joint legal custody unless it is in the child's best interests that sole legal custody be awarded. Provides that an award of joint legal custody creates a rebuttable presumption in favor of equal division of parenting time, and to rebut the presumption, a parent must prove that equal parenting time would be detrimental to the child.
Title
Joint custody.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2025-01-13 | House | Representatives McGuire and Teshka added as coauthors |
2025-01-08 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary |
2025-01-08 | House | Authored by Representative DeVon |