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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY HARRISON, FALLON, MAIN, BODDICKER, and McCOY
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution to request the establishment
1 4 of a legislative interim committee to study child
1 5 visitation and custody issues.
1 6 WHEREAS, child visitation and custody arrangements
1 7 are often established through an adversarial process
1 8 which may detrimentally affect the possibility of a
1 9 continuing relationship between a child and both
1 10 parents; and
1 11 WHEREAS, traditional custody and visitation
1 12 enforcement actions, such as contempt of court
1 13 proceedings, promote an adversarial climate between
1 14 the parties involved and are not always effective in
1 15 resolving custody and visitation disputes; and
1 16 WHEREAS, the public is interested in improving the
1 17 enforcement of custody and visitation arrangements;
1 18 and
1 19 WHEREAS, mediation and nonadversarial types of
1 20 proceedings are preferable and, based upon preliminary
1 21 studies, are more successful than adversarial
1 22 proceedings in resolving visitation and custody
1 23 disputes; NOW THEREFORE,
1 24 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
1 25 SENATE CONCURRING, That the legislative council is
1 26 requested to establish a legislative study committee
1 27 for the 1995 interim to examine issues related to
1 28 child custody and visitation, including but not
1 29 limited to the causes and extent of the problems
1 30 associated with enforcement of child custody and
2 1 visitation orders; the most effective, nonadversarial
2 2 alternatives for resolution of disputes which arise in
2 3 the enforcement of child custody and visitation
2 4 orders; and the role of government and any attendant
2 5 costs of governmental involvement in the enforcement
2 6 process. The committee's membership shall include
2 7 legislators. The committee shall seek input from
2 8 representatives of child advocacy organizations,
2 9 custodial and noncustodial parents, providers of
2 10 services to children and families, the office of the
2 11 attorney general, the judicial department, and other
2 12 interested parties. The committee shall submit a
2 13 report of its findings and recommendations to the
2 14 general assembly by December 15, 1995.
2 15 LSB 2656HH 76
2 16 pf/jw/5
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