2nd Sub. H.B. 239
         CHILD WELFARE AMENDMENTS

House Floor Amendments

February 16, 1998 10:54 AM



Representative Gary Cox proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 45, Line 30:    After line 30 insert a new subsection as follows: "(3) The Division of Child and Family Services may not remove a minor from the custody of a victim of domestic violence based solely on "commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child", as defined in Section 78-3a-103, unless:
        (a) the victim of domestic violence is unable or unwilling to protect the child, or exhibits failure to protect the child; or
        (b) there is substantial cause to believe that any of the circumstances described in Subsection (1) also exist
."
    
        Renumber remaining subsections as appropriate.