H.B. 156
         RESTORATION OF TERMINATED PARENTAL RIGHTS

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 1 March 5, 2013 2:43 PM



Representative LaVar Christensen proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 3, Line 70 :    

             70          (b) in the alternative,
{   submit a petition naming   }        name       an individual      {   to serve   }        for the court to consider       as legal guardian


2.    Page 3, Lines 77 through 79 :    

             77          
{   (2) The division shall make a recommendation to the court regarding the fitness of the

             78      nominee described in Subsection (1) to serve as the child's guardian.   }
             79          
{   (3)   }        (2)       The court shall:


3.    Page 3, Lines 83 through 85 :    

             83          
{   (ii) the recommendation of the division, described in Subsection (2);   }

             84          
{   (iii)   }        (ii)       the desires of the child, if the child is 12 years of age or older;

             85          
{   (iv)   }        (iii)       the fundamental right of a parent to choose who shall raise and care for the parent's


4.    Page 3, Line 87 :    

             87          
{   (v)   }        (iv)       the fundamental right of a child to be reared by the child's parent or the parent's


5.    Page 4, Line 93 :    

             93          
{   (4)   }        (3)       In an order granting      {   the petition for   } guardianship        under this section       , the court shall describe:


6.    Page 4, Line 97 :    

             97          
{   (5)   }        (4)       If granted, the court shall review the guardianship placement six months after the


7.    Page 4, Line 100 :    

             100          
{   (6)   }        (5)       Nothing in this section shall be construed as a guarantee that a nominee will be


8.    Page 4, Line 103 :    

             103          
{   (7)   }        (6)       Legal guardianship, as described and established in this section, is:

9.    Page 6, Line 167 :    

             167          (ii) the child has been adopted, but the adoptive parents have
  returned and       relinquished the child to


10.    Page 6, Line 170 :    

             170          (i) in the court
{   in which permanency hearings for the child are being conducted   }        that has jurisdiction to determine the child's custody       ; and


11.    Page 6, Line 181 :    

             181          (5) Before the hearing described in Subsection (3), the division
{   shall   }        may       submit a


12.    Page 7, Lines 192 through 193 :    

             192          (g) any other information the division reasonably considers appropriate and
             193      determinative.
  (6) A person who files a motion described in Subsection (2)(a) shall include the information described in Subsection (5)(a) through (f), and any other information the person considers appropriate and determinative, in a memorandum accompanying the motion.      

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