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Committee advances HB 1643 after debate on guardian-ad-litem reports
Summary
The Children and Family Law committee voted 2–1 in executive session to advance HB 1643, after members debated whether guardian-ad-litem reports should offer findings without prescribing parenting plans and noted timing and relationship concerns with written recommendations.
The Children and Family Law committee voted 2–1 in executive session to report HB 1643 as 'ought to pass,' advancing the bill to the next stage of the legislative process.
Committee members and an attorney with family-court experience debated the bill’s narrow focus on the role and wording of guardian-ad-litem (GAL) reports. The bill, members said, does not change the GAL’s fact-gathering role under…
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