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Panel advances bill clarifying when ordinary childhood independence is not neglect
Summary
The committee passed House Bill 10‑35, which would define "independent activity" and specify that a child is not neglected solely for age‑appropriate independence unless a parent's decision was reckless and endangered the child; vote was 12–1.
Representative Teschka told the Judiciary Committee that House Bill 10‑35 is a clarification intended to reduce unnecessary Department of Child Services (DCS) investigations into ordinary parenting choices. "House bill 10 35 states that a child is not a chin solely because a parent allows the child to engage in independent activity... unless that parent's decision was so reckless that it endangered the child's health or safety,"…
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