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Utah House debates bill to require parents at juvenile court; employers, judges urged to accommodate
Summary
Lawmakers debated House Bill 1, which would require parents or legal custodians to attend juvenile court proceedings and permit judges to weigh family counseling in sentencing; sponsors accepted a clarification on who counts as a custodian and the bill was circled for language work after members raised concerns about job loss for single parents.
Representative Steve Barth introduced House Bill 1 on Monday, saying the measure grew out of visits to juvenile court in his district where many parents failed to appear. The bill would require parents, guardians or others with legal custody to appear in proceedings involving their children and would allow judges to consider completion of family counseling when imposing juvenile sanctions.
Supporters, including Barth and Representative Eubank, framed the proposal as a tool to restore parental…
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