Committee Debates Family-Court Restructuring as Witnesses Cite Due-Process Failures
Representative Sabourin Deshauney presented HB 17-17 to create a Circuit Court Family Division. Testimony ranged from support for restoring common-law protections to warnings the bill is premature; several witnesses urged focusing on HB 6-52 and further study of marital-master and ALJ roles.
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Representative Sabourin Deshauney introduced HB 17-17 as a vehicle to address perceived gaps in family-court procedure and to reestablish clearer equity and common-law protections in family cases. He asked the committee to consider HB 6-52 — a related bill that had been recommitted — as the priority for the committee’s work.
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