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Committee advances plain-language edits to family-law forms after brief debate
Children and Family Law · February 17, 2026
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Summary
HB1206, introduced to simplify family-law wording for pro se litigants, drew questions about whether simplification changes legal meaning; the committee voted OTP and placed the bill on consent after sponsor said the changes are editorial.
Representative David Love told the committee HB1206 is designed to clean up and simplify statutory wording to help pro se family-court litigants. He said many family-law litigants proceed without lawyers and that removing legalese (for example replacing ‘notwithstanding any law to…
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