Bill Title: Physical custody and parenting time. Adds a rebuttable presumption in child custody proceedings that: (1) joint physical custody is in the best interests of the child; and (2) equal parenting time is in the best interests of the child. Provides that the default joint physical custody or parenting time schedule is to alternate weekly physical custody of the child, unless the parents submit an alternative schedule that is approved by the court.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law [SB0036 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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