IN HB1061 | 2024 | Regular Session

Indiana House Bill 1061

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-08 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Joint custody. Provides that a biological mother and biological father have joint legal custody unless otherwise provided by law. Requires a court to award joint legal custody unless it is in the child's best interest that sole legal custody be awarded. Provides that an award of joint legal custody creates a rebuttable presumption in favor of equal division of parenting time, and to rebut the presumption, a parent must prove that equal parenting time would be detrimental to the child.

Title

Joint custody.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-08	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2024-01-08	House	Authored by Representative DeVon

Indiana State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/house/1061/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1061/HB1061.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1061/fiscal-notes/HB1061.01.INTR.FN001.pdf