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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 598.19A, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. The parties to any action which involves the issues of 1 4 child custody or visitation shall participate in a court- 1 5 approved course to educate and sensitize the parties to the 1 6 needs of any child or party during and subsequent to the 1 7 proceeding within forty-five days of the service of notice and 1 8 petition for the action or within forty-five days of the 1 9 service of notice and application for modification of an 1 10 order. Participation in the course may be waived or delayed 1 11 by the court for good cause including, but not limited to, a 1 12 default by any of the parties or a showing that a final decree 1 13 dissolving the marriage of the parties was granted five years 1 14 or more before the action currently before the court. 1 15 Participation in the course is not required if the proceeding 1 16 involves termination of parental rights of any of the parties. 1 17 A final decree shall not be granted or a final order shall not 1 18 be entered until the parties have complied with this section. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 This bill provides that good cause for waiver of mandatory 1 21 participation in a court-approved course to educate and 1 22 sensitize the parties to an action involving child custody or 1 23 visitation includes that the final decree dissolving the 1 24 marriage of the parties was granted five years or more before 1 25 the action currently before the court. 1 26 LSB 1938HH 77 1 27 pf/cf/24
Text: HF00153 Text: HF00155 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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