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Committee advances bill to let courts order removal of alleged offending parent so children can remain at home
Summary
A House Judiciary, Rules and Administration committee backed House Bill 159, a measure that would replace inconsistent "protective order" language in Idaho’s child-protection statutes with an order allowing removal of the alleged offending parent while keeping the child in the home with a protective parent.
The House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee voted to forward House Bill 159 to the full House with a “do pass” recommendation after hearing from a magistrate judge who said the change will give courts a workable tool to keep children in a family home when one parent is the alleged offender.
The bill would remove internal, inconsistent references to a “protective order” in Idaho’s child-protection statutes and create an express mechanism allowing the state to ask a court to remove an alleged offending parent while leaving the child in the care of a protective parent or guardian.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative Barbara Ehart, said the proposal grew from conversations last year with judges and committee members who…
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