Bill Text: IN SB0220 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Parents on active military duty.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary [SB0220 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-SB0220-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 220

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 31-9-2-0.8; IC 31-14-13-6.3; IC 31-17-2-21.3.

Synopsis: Parents on active military duty. Prohibits a court from considering a parent's absence or relocation due to active military duty as a factor in determining custody or permanently modifying a child custody order.

Effective: July 1, 2010.

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Wyss, Broden

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    January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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SENATE BILL No. 220

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 31-9-2-0.8; (10)IN0220.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 31-9-2-0.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 0.8. "Active duty", for purposes of IC 31-14-13-6.3 and IC 31-17-2-21.3, means full-time service in:
        (1) the armed forces of the United States (as defined in IC 5-9-4-3); or
        (2) the National Guard (as defined in IC 5-9-4-4);
for a period that exceeds thirty (30) consecutive days in a calendar year.

SOURCE: IC 31-14-13-6.3; (10)IN0220.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 31-14-13-6.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 6.3. A court may not consider a parent's absence or relocation due to active duty service as a factor in determining custody or permanently modifying a child custody order.

SOURCE: IC 31-17-2-21.3; (10)IN0220.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 31-17-2-21.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS

[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 21.3. A court may not consider a parent's absence or relocation due to active duty service as a factor in determining custody or permanently modifying a child custody order.