Bill Text: MI SJRQ | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Children; other; consideration of best interests of the child in all parental termination cases, child custody cases, and out-of-home placement cases; require. Amends the state constitution by adding sec. 28 to art. I.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-20 - Referred To Committee On Families, Seniors And Human Services [SJRQ Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-SJRQ-Introduced.html

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION Q

 

 

March 20, 2018, Introduced by Senators HERTEL, GREGORY and KNEZEK and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors and Human Services.

 

 

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by adding section 28 to article I, to

 

recognize the best interests of the child in determining the

 

termination of parental rights in cases of child abuse or child

 

neglect, child custody cases, and out-of-home child placements.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to recognize the best interests of the child

 

in determining the termination of parental rights in cases of child

 

abuse or child neglect, child custody cases, and out-of-home child

 

placements, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of

 

the state:

 

ARTICLE I

 

     Sec. 28. (1) The best interests of the child are paramount to

 

the rights of a parent and all other factors in determining whether

 

parental rights should be terminated in cases of child abuse and

 

child neglect. The placement of a child with another family member

 

does not prohibit the termination of parental rights of a parent.

 

     (2) The best interests of the child are paramount to the

 

rights of a parent or guardian and all other factors in determining

 

child custody in a child custody proceeding.

 

     (3) The best interests of the child are paramount to the

 

rights of a parent or guardian and all other factors in determining

 

an out-of-home placement of a child in a foster care case or any

 

other out-of-home placement case.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.