House Journal: Page 1183: Thursday, April 4, 2002
10 inserting the following:
11 "Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
12 July 1, 2003."
Amendment H-8515 was adopted.
Boddicker of Cedar offered amendment H-8488, to the Senate
amendment H-8464, filed by him as follows:
H-8488
1 Amend the Senate amendment, H-8464, to House File
2 678, as passed by the House, as follows:
3 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 35, the
4 following:
5 "___. Page 1, by inserting after line 32, the
6 following:
7 "Sec. . Section 598.41, subsection 5, Code
8 2001, is amended to read as follows:
9 5. a. Joint physical care may be in the best
10 interest of the child, but joint legal custody does
11 not require joint physical care.
12 b. On the application of either parent, the court
13 shall consider granting joint physical care in cases
14 where the parents do not agree to joint physical care.
15 c. When the court determines such action would be
16 in the best interest of the child and would preserve
17 the relationship between each parent and the child,
18 joint physical care may be awarded to both joint
19 custodial parents or physical care may be awarded to
20 one joint custodial parent.
21 d. If one joint custodial parent is awarded
22 physical care, the parent responsible for providing
23 physical care shall support the other parent's
24 relationship with the child. Physical care awarded to
25 one parent does not affect the other parent's rights
26 and responsibilities as a joint legal custodian of the
27 child. Rights and responsibilities as joint legal
28 custodian of the child include, but are not limited
29 to, equal participation in decisions affecting the
30 child's legal status, medical care, education,
31 extracurricular activities, and religious
32 instruction.""
33 2. By renumbering as necessary.
Mascher of Johnson rose on a point of order that amendment H-
8488 was not germane, to amendment H-8464.
The Speaker ruled the point not well taken and amendment
H-8488 germane, to amendment H-8464.
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