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Committee advances bill to clarify court order allowing removal of alleged offender and keep child with protective parent
Summary
House Bill 159 would add a statutory mechanism allowing law enforcement, in consultation with child welfare, to obtain a court order removing an alleged offender from a home while leaving a child with a protective parent; the removed parent would be entitled to a shelter-care hearing within 48 hours.
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 159 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after judges and legislators described operational confusion in existing law.
Senator Todd Lakey, R-23, introduced the bill and yielded time to Magistrate Judge Andrew Ellis of Ada County, who said the bill resolves contradictions in current Child Protection Act language that have prevented courts from using a tool intended to remove an alleged offender while leaving a…
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