Text: HF02077 Text: HF02079 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 598.41A VISITATION 1 2 RESTRICTIONS MURDER OF PARENT. 1 3 1. Notwithstanding section 598.41, the court shall not 1 4 award visitation rights to a child's parent who has been 1 5 convicted of murder in the first degree of the other parent of 1 6 the child, unless the court finds that the child is 1 7 developmentally mature enough to provide assent and assents to 1 8 visitation. 1 9 2. Until an order regarding visitation rights is issued, 1 10 the child of a parent who has been convicted of murder in the 1 11 first degree of the other parent of the child shall not visit 1 12 the parent without the consent of the child's custodian or 1 13 legal guardian. 1 14 EXPLANATION 1 15 This bill prohibits the issuing of an order by the court 1 16 which awards visitation rights to a child's parent convicted 1 17 of murder in the first degree of the other parent of the 1 18 child, unless the court finds that the child is 1 19 developmentally mature enough to provide assent and the child 1 20 assents. 1 21 Until an order is issued, the bill provides that the child 1 22 is prohibited from visiting the convicted parent without the 1 23 consent of the child's custodian or guardian. 1 24 LSB 3419YH 77 1 25 pf/sc/14
Text: HF02077 Text: HF02079 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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