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Committee approves bill clarifying law to allow removal of alleged offender while child remains at home
Summary
House Bill 159 would let law enforcement and courts order removal of an alleged offender from a home while leaving the child with a safe, protective parent; the Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee sent the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee on Feb. 26 voted to send House Bill 159 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill clarifies statutory language in the Child Protection Act so courts and law enforcement can remove an alleged offender from a household while permitting a child to remain with a safe, protective parent when appropriate.
Magistrate Judge Andrew Ellis told the committee the current statute contains internally contradictory references to "protective…
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