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Committee prints bill aimed at keeping children with family by clarifying removal authority; some members caution against limiting police authority to remove ab
Summary
Representative Barbara Ehart presented RS 32074 C1, a draft that revises juvenile removal procedures to favor keeping children with family where safe and to replace 'protective order' terminology; members asked for hearings and urged clarity that the bill not reduce police authority to remove dangerous offenders from homes.
Representative Barbara Ehart presented RS 32074 C1, a draft revision intended to change how and when children are removed from homes. The sponsor said the text arose from work with a sitting judge and other stakeholders after concerns that children were sometimes removed too quickly, making reunification harder.
Ehart said the draft replaces the term "Protective Orders" with "Order to Prevent Removal" in several places to reduce confusion and to…
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