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Committee hears proposal to expand who can sue over child custody to fourth-degree relatives
Summary
House Bill 2350 would expand legal standing in suits affecting the parent-child relationship to relatives through the fourth degree of consanguinity and refine foster/kinship parent rights; testimony from legal experts urged swift passage.
The Senate Committee on Jurisprudence received an explanation and proponent testimony on House Bill 2350, which would expand and clarify who has legal standing to file suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Senator Johnson, who explained the measure to the committee, said the bill would expand standing for certain relatives to the fourth degree of consanguinity, refine criteria for foster and kinship caregivers, and…
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