HB410 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Greg Wren

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Child custody, records available to both parents, term "physiological" replaced with the term "psychological," Sec. 30-3-154 am'd.

Summary

HB410 replaces the term physiological with psychological and requires psychological records to be equally available to both parents in all child custody arrangements.

What This Bill Does

Amends Section 30-3-154 to include psychological records in the list of information that must be shared equally with both parents, alongside medical, dental, scholastic, athletic, extracurricular, and law enforcement records. Keeps the requirement that access is equal unless a court order or statute prohibits it. Takes effect immediately after passage and the Governor's approval.

Who It Affects

• Parents involved in any custody arrangement, who would have access to a broader range of the child’s records including psychological information.
• Organizations and agencies that maintain these records (such as schools, medical providers, and law enforcement) would be required to share them with both parents where allowed by court order or statute.

Key Provisions

• Replace the term 'physiological' with 'psychological' in describing records available to both parents.
• Ensure that records such as medical, psychological, dental, scholastic, athletic, extracurricular, and law enforcement information are equally available to both parents in all custody arrangements.
• Maintain that access is subject to any court order or statute prohibiting it.
• Effective immediately upon passage and the Governor's approval.

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Subjects

Family Law