House Journal: Page 1181: Thursday, April 4, 2002
premium tax receipts in the fund, and establishing a volunteer fire
fighters pension task force.
Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar.
SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Boddicker of Cedar called up for consideration House File 678, a
bill for an act relating to child custody and visitation including the
requirement of mediation when a custody arrangement is disputed,
amended by the Senate amendment H-8464:
H-8464
1 Amend House File 678, as passed by the House, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1, the
4 following:
5 "Section 1. Section 598.7A, subsection 4,
6 paragraph e, Code Supplement 2001, is amended to read
7 as follows:
8 e. The costs of mediation or a settlement
9 conference shall be borne by the parties, as agreed to
10 by the parties, or as ordered by the court, and may be
11 taxed as court costs. Mediation shall be provided on
12 a sliding fee scale for parties who are determined to
13 be indigent pursuant to section 815.9."
14 2. Page 1, line 1, by inserting after the word
15 "Code" the following: "Supplement".
16 3. Page 1, by striking lines 10 through 16, and
17 inserting the following: "court shall require the
18 parties to participate in mediation or a settlement
19 conference in any dissolution of marriage action or
20 other domestic relations action which involves custody
21 of a child, unless the parties have agreed upon
22 custody and visitation prior to a court hearing or
23 trial. The participation in mediation or a settlement
24 conference under this subsection shall include
25 receiving assistance in the completion of a parenting
26 agreement between the parties that specifies the
27 details of visitation."
28 4. Page 1, line 25, by inserting after the word
29 "mediation" the following: "or a settlement
30 conference".
31 5. Page 1, line 27, by inserting after the word
32 "mediation" the following: "or a settlement
33 conference".
34 6. Page 1, line 31, by inserting after the word
35 "mediation" the following: "or settlement conference".
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