1st Sub. H.B. 107
         JOINT CUSTODY MODIFICATIONS

House Committee Amendments

Amendment 1 February 13, 2012 10:55 AM



Representative Gage Froerer proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Line 45 through Page 3, Line 58 :    

             45          (b) [The court shall, in every case, consider joint custody but may award any form of
             46      custody which is determined to be] There shall be a rebuttable presumption that joint legal
             47      custody, as defined in Section 30-3-10.1 , is in the best interest of the child[.], so long as the
             48      party who desires joint legal custody files a proposed parenting plan in accordance with
             49      Sections 30-3-10.8 and 30-3-10.9 . The presumption may be rebutted by a showing by a
             50      preponderance of the evidence that the following circumstances exist:
             51          
{   (i) the parents were not married to each other;   }

             52          
{   (ii)   }        (i)       domestic violence in the home or in the presence of the child;

             53          
{   (iii)   }        (ii)       special physical or mental needs of a parent or child, making joint legal custody

             54      unreasonable;
             55          
{   (iv)   }        (iii)       physical distance between the residences of the parents, making joint decision

             56      making impractical in certain circumstances; or
             57          
{   (v)   }        (iv)       any other factor the court considers relevant, including those listed in Section

             58      30-3-10.2 .

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