Bill Text: NJ A2388 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits the use of electronic communication in child custody arrangements that include parenting time.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-25 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee [A2388 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-A2388-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2388

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 6, 2012

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits the use of electronic communication in child custody arrangements that include parenting time.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Judiciary Committee on June 18, 2012, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning ¹[visitation of a minor child] parenting time¹  and supplementing chapter 2 of Title 9 of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    A court-ordered custody arrangement which includes ¹[visitation] parenting time¹  provisions may include provision for the use of electronic communication.

     As used in this act, ¹["visitation"] "parenting time"¹ means in-person time spent between the child's parent with whom the child does not reside and the child.  In appropriate circumstances, it may include electronic communication under conditions and at times determined by the court.  The term "electronic communication" means time that a parent spends with his or her child during which the child is not in the parent's actual physical custody, but which is facilitated by the use of communication tools such as the telephone, electronic mail, instant messaging, video conferencing or other wired or wireless technologies via the Internet, or another medium of communication.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.