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Children’s Ombudsman work group recommends keeping lower evidentiary standard for temporary relief of custody, outlines 'good cause' factors
Summary
A work group convened by the Office of the Children’s Ombudsman recommended keeping the evidentiary standard for temporary relief of custody at preponderance of the evidence and proposed statutory 'good cause' factors for judges to consider. Updated court data show a modest decline in filings and dispositions.
The Office of the Children’s Ombudsman presented findings Oct. 21 from a work group that studied petitions seeking relief of care and custody of children. The group recommended keeping the current evidentiary standard for temporary relief of custody at preponderance of the evidence, and proposed a set of 'good cause' factors judges should consider when evaluating petitions.
Mr. Reynolds said the work group met three times (June 5, Aug. 14 and Oct. 14) and included judges and a range of stakeholders. After…
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