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House Amendment 8154

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 22 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 14, and
  1  3 inserting the following:
  1  4    "5.  a.  Joint physical care may be in the best
  1  5 interest of the child, but If joint legal custody does
  1  6 not require is awarded to both parents, the court may
  1  7 award joint physical care.  When the court determines
  1  8 such action would be in the best interest of the child
  1  9 and would preserve the relationship between each
  1 10 parent and the child, joint physical care may be
  1 11 awarded to both joint custodial parents or physical
  1 12 care may be awarded to one joint custodial parent upon
  1 13 the request of either parent.  If the court denies the
  1 14 request for joint physical care, the determination
  1 15 shall be accompanied by specific findings of fact and
  1 16 conclusions of law that the awarding of joint physical
  1 17 care is not in the best interest of the child." 
  1 18 
  1 19 
  1 20                               
  1 21 COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES,
  1 22 BODDICKER of Cedar, CHAIRPERSON
  1 23 HF 22.702 80
  1 24 pf/gg
     

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