SB159 Alabama 2013 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bryan Taylor

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Tom WhatleyBill Holtzclaw

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Child custody, military parents, modification of custody and visitation, final order prohibited during deployment

Description

Under existing law, many service members have custody of or visitation rights with a child.

This bill would prohibit a court from entering a final order altering an existing custody arrangement while the custodial parent is unavailable due to military service.

This bill would provide that past, current, or future absences due to military service shall not serve as the sole basis for altering a custody order in place prior to the absence.

This bill would provide that the custody order in place before the absence of a military parent due to military service must be reinstated within a set time upon the return of the military parent, absent proof that reinstatement would not be in the best interests of the child. This bill would provide that the non-absent parent would bear the burden of proof.

This bill would provide that a service member with visitation rights may petition the court to delegate those visitation rights to a third person during the absence of the service member due to military service.

This bill would authorize expedited and electronic hearings for certain parents deployed for military service.

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Subjects

Child Custody