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House passes parent-time enforcement bill giving judges new remedies
Summary
The House passed House Bill 37, which outlines remedies judges may impose for substantial noncompliance with court-ordered parent time, including makeup time, compensatory service, and fees; the bill lists custody factors and excludes gender as a consideration.
Representative Farrin, the sponsor of House Bill 37, told colleagues the bill was designed to give judges clearer guidelines and additional remedies to enforce court-ordered parent time, including ordering legal fees, makeup time, 10 hours of compensatory service and permanent injunctions on a first finding of substantial noncompliance. He said the bill also authorizes, at a judge's discretion, mediation, workshops, classes or temporary custody changes and allows stiffer penalties — up to 10 days in jail and doubled compensatory service — for…
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