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Senate advances default holiday schedule for parents amid criticism it may reopen divorce cases
Summary
First Substitute House Bill 26, setting an alternating default for Halloween and Valentine’s Day between custodial and noncustodial parents, passed to third reading after floor debate; opponents said mandating holidays risks reopening past divorce cases and harming children.
The Utah Senate advanced First Substitute House Bill 26 to the third-reading calendar after floor debate on Feb. 17.
Sponsor Senator Bell said the bill creates a simple default for holiday parenting time when parents cannot agree: noncustodial parents get Halloween one year and the custodial parent gets Valentine’s Day that year, with the pattern…
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