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Committee hears testimony to add great-grandparents to Child Custody Act
Summary
May Bowers, representing Rep. Paquette, told the committee that House Bills 4,215, 4,200, 4,216 and 4,217 would add great-grandparents where grandparents are listed in the Child Custody Act and related statutes, enabling courts to consider them for parenting time under existing criteria.
May Bowers, testifying on behalf of Rep. Paquette, told the Families, Children and Seniors Committee that House Bill 4,217 would amend the Child Custody Act to include great-grandparents "in all sections where grandparents are listed." She said companion bills (House Bills 4,215 and 4,216) would amend the Revised Judicature Act and the Probate Code to reflect the change. "We are simply just adding great grandparents to the law, as they…
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