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Committee Hears Bill to Require Standardized Training for Child‑custody Evaluators
Summary
Delegate Erin Kaufman asked the House Judiciary Committee to report favorably on HB 152, which would require custody evaluators to complete 20 hours of initial training and 15 hours every three years; testimony highlighted child safety, federal funding incentives, and remaining disputes about placing requirements in statute versus judiciary rule.
Delegate Erin Kaufman asked the House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 23 for a favorable report on House Bill 152, a measure that would require child custody evaluators to complete 20 hours of initial training and 15 hours of refresher training every three years.
The bill, Kaufman told the committee, is intended to align evaluator training with the training judges receive and to make sure evaluators have experience identifying domestic and child abuse, neglect and parental coercion. “This legislation requires custody evaluators to complete 20 hours of initial training and 15 hours every 3 years after that,” Kaufman said.
Supporters said standardized training would better protect children and could unlock federal grant dollars. A representative of the…
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