H.B.
231
PARENT-TIME SCHEDULE AMENDMENTS
House Committee
Amendments
Amendment 1 February 7, 2011 2:24 PM
Representative Stephen E. Sandstrom proposes the following amendments:
1. Page 3, Line 84 through Page 4, Line 97 :
84 parent-time.
85 (8) (a) The court shall consider at least the following factors in determining alimony:
90 (v) whether the recipient spouse has custody of minor children requiring support
, and if so, whether
the payor has the ability to provide sufficient support to allow the recipient spouse to be in the home to
supervise and care for the minor children when they are not in school
;
91 (vi) whether the recipient spouse worked in a business owned or operated by the payor
92 spouse; [
93 (vii) whether the recipient spouse directly contributed to any increase in the payor
94 spouse's skill by paying for education received by the payor spouse or allowing the payor
95 spouse to attend school during the marriage;
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and
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96 (viii) whether the recipient spouse
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did not work outside the home, and should continue
97 to stay at home, while there are preschool age children in the home }
sacrificed a full time career to
provide full time care of minor children and the parties' household during the marriage; and
(ix) whether either of the parties wilfully engaged in behavior during the marriage which is known to unilaterally compromise a marital contract and jeopardize the health, safety, or financial stability of the other party or their children, including:
(A) sexual relations outside of the marriage;
(B) documented long-term or severe short-term abuse of the spouse or children;
(C) documented long-term addictions to alcohol, drugs, gambling, or pornography; and
(D) criminal behavior
.
2. Page 7, Lines 200 through 204 :
200 (17) Each parent shall be entitled to an equal division of major religious holidays
201 celebrated by the parents, and the parent who celebrates a religious holiday that the other parent
202 does not celebrate shall have the right to be together with the child on the religious holiday.
203
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Major religious holidays may include those days celebrated by a particular religion outside of
204 days on which the government has declared a holiday. }
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