SB167 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Vivian Davis FiguresSenator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Dependent children, guardianship or conservatorship of, visitation action by isolated family members, procedure

Description

Existing law does not specifically authorize an adult child to petition for visitation with a parent or dependent adult.

Existing law provides that the conservator or guardian, or both, of a dependent adult who is the subject of a conservatorship, also known as a conservatee, is responsible for the care, custody, control, and education of the conservatee, unless the court expressly limits those powers.

This bill would specify that a spouse's, conservator's, or guardian's control of a conservatee does not extend to the right to refuse visitors, telephone calls, and other correspondence from an adult child or relative of a first degree who is not the conservator or a guardian, unless these rights are expressly limited by court order.

This bill would establish a procedure by which an adult child or relative of the first degree may petition for visitation with a conservatee from whom he or she has been isolated, and would authorize a court to grant reasonable visitation with that conservatee.

This bill would also require the spouse, conservator, or guardian to inform the adult children, relatives of a first degree, or both, whenever a conservatee dies or is admitted to a medical facility for acute or chronic care, or both, for a period of three days or more.

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Subjects

Family Law