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Utah House approves standard visitation guidelines aimed at consistency for divorcing parents
Summary
The House passed Substitute House Bill 32 after debate, establishing nonmandatory statutory visitation guidelines and removing a retroactivity clause that would have created a $130,000 fiscal impact; the measure passed 66–4 and will move to the Senate.
The Utah House of Representatives on the floor moved to standardize judge-recommended visitation schedules for divorcing parents, passing Substitute House Bill 32 by a vote of 66–4. The sponsor said the bill provides judges with nonbinding guidelines intended to promote consistency across districts and protect children’s schooling and routines.
Sponsor Representative M. Wattup, presenting the substitute, said the task force that drafted the bill included judges and attorneys and that the substitute removed a retroactivity provision that had produced a $130,000 fiscal note from the judiciary: "We have taken this out in the substitute…
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