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Committee approves bill barring courts from weighing first-responders’ work schedules in custody cases
Summary
The House Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative & Military Affairs Committee passed House Bill 1704 as amended to prevent courts from treating first-responders’ irregular shifts as a reason to deny custody or parental rights.
At a committee hearing, members of the House Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative & Military Affairs Committee passed House Bill 1704, which prohibits courts from considering a parent’s first-responder work schedule when making custody decisions.
Representative Wade Andrews, state representative for District 98, told the committee that some courts have treated shiftwork as…
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