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Utah House adopts custody '50-50' option as one judge consideration in SB 122
Summary
The Utah House passed substitute language to Senate Bill 122 adding an optional 50/50 shared-parenting schedule as a factor judges may use in custody decisions; sponsors emphasized it is neither mandatory nor a presumption and preserves parental negotiation and judicial discretion.
The Utah House on March 5 adopted a substitute to Senate Bill 122 that adds an explicit option for judges to award equal parenting time when certain conditions are met.
Representative Lisenby, the House sponsor, said the fourth substitute clarifies the statute to give courts an additional option — not a mandate — for dividing parental time after divorce or separation. “This bill is really quite simple. It's a good bill,” Lisenby told colleagues as she urged support.
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