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Senate Judiciary reviews House typo fix to S.179 on parental disclaimer language
Summary
Legislative counsel told the Senate Judiciary committee the House made a single, non-substantive insertion to S.179 (Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interest Act), adding the word “child” after “minor” to clarify parental-disclaimer phrasing; members agreed it is a minor fix but said they may file an amendment for consistency elsewhere.
The Senate Judiciary committee considered a brief House amendment to S.179, the Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interest Act, on May 6.
Eric of the Office of Legislative Council told the committee the change is typographical: the House inserted the word “child” after “minor” so the provision reads that a parent "can disclaim on behalf of the parent's minor child if the guardian's not been or is not required to be appointed for the child." He said that is the only difference between the Senate-passed version and the House amendment.
Committee members asked whether the same wording should be added elsewhere in the subsection to avoid ambiguity. Counsel said the later reference likely reads back to the earlier clause and the insertion is not dramatically necessary, but members could adopt a clarifying amendment if they wished.
The committee did not take a formal vote on the change during the session; members asked counsel to circulate the corrected draft and said they would consider filing targeted technical amendments before the next meeting.
