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House amends and approves parent-time bill with added factors for contested cases
Summary
The House passed a substitute to Senate Bill 223 revising parent-time (custody) standards and adopted amendments adding judicial factors — including reimbursement arrangements, potential financial detriment, and explicit parental desire for joint physical custody — intended to aid judges in contested cases; substitute passed 58–8 after a division vote on the amendment.
Lawmakers debated and passed a substitute for Senate Bill 223 to modify Utah's parent-time and joint-custody framework and to add specific factors judges should consider in contested custody cases.
Representative Christiansen offered an amendment that adds three factors to the statutory list judges consider in child custody determinations: whether parents will responsibly reimburse one another for the child's expenses, whether a…
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