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Committee Debates Family-Court Restructuring as Witnesses Cite Due-Process Failures
Summary
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.
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.
Members asked technical and constitutional questions. Representative Greg and others pressed the sponsor on the bill’s treatment of administrative law judges (ALJs) or marital masters, whether the proposed family division…
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