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Judiciary committee adopts technical changes, advances SB119 family-law recodification to House
Summary
The Utah House Judiciary Committee adopted a technical amendment and favorably recommended first substitute SB119, a second-phase recodification of family-law statutes that mostly reorganizes and cleans up existing provisions while making three limited substantive changes, including language on adoption venue.
The Utah House Judiciary Committee on Oct. 12 adopted a technical amendment and voted unanimously to favorably recommend first substitute SB119, a second-phase recodification of the state's family-law code.
Sponsor Senator Weiler opened the committee presentation and said the amendment under consideration was "a technical amendment mostly." He introduced Jacqueline Carlton, his draft attorney, who was present to answer questions.
The recodification reorganizes family-law provisions into a single title to improve clarity and consistency, Weiler told the committee. "So this is…
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