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House Amendment 1607

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  1  1    Amend the amendment, H-1569, to Senate File 503, as
  1  2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 24 the
  1  5 following:
  1  6    "Sec.    .  Section 598.41, subsection 1, paragraph
  1  7 b, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  8    b.  Notwithstanding paragraph "a", if the court
  1  9 finds that a history of domestic abuse exists as
  1 10 specified in subsection 3, paragraph "j", a rebuttable
  1 11 presumption against the awarding of joint custody
  1 12 exists.
  1 13    Sec.    .  Section 598.41, subsection 3, paragraph
  1 14 j, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1 15    j.  Whether a history of domestic abuse, as defined
  1 16 in section 236.2, exists.  In determining whether a
  1 17 history of domestic abuse exists, the court's
  1 18 consideration shall include, but is not limited to,
  1 19 commencement of an action pursuant to section 236.3,
  1 20 the issuance of a protective order against the parent
  1 21 or the issuance of a court order or consent agreement
  1 22 pursuant to section 236.5, the issuance of an
  1 23 emergency order pursuant to section 236.6, the holding
  1 24 of a parent in contempt pursuant to section 236.8, the
  1 25 response of a peace officer to the scene of alleged
  1 26 domestic abuse or the arrest of a parent following
  1 27 response to a report of alleged domestic abuse, or a
  1 28 conviction for domestic abuse assault pursuant to
  1 29 section 708.2A.  In reviewing any history of domestic
  1 30 abuse to make a determination under this paragraph,
  1 31 the court shall also consider any pattern of domestic
  1 32 abuse and shall identify the primary physical
  1 33 aggressor, as described in section 236.12, subsection
  1 34 3, in any instance."
  1 35    #2.  Page 8, line 24, by inserting after the word
  1 36 "establishments," the following:  "permitting patterns
  1 37 of domestic abuse and the identity of the primary
  1 38 physical aggressor to be considered as part of a
  1 39 determination of a history of domestic abuse,".
  1 40    #3.  By numbering and renumbering as necessary.  
  1 41 
  1 42 
  1 43                               
  1 44 JOCHUM of Dubuque 
  1 45 SF 503.701 77
  1 46 lh/sc/28 
     

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