SB226 Alabama 2022 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Child custody, prioritizing custody decisions, pre-placment investigations authorized in certain custody cases, Secs. 30-3-1, 30-3-152 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill would require courts to prioritize custody determinations when divorcing parents can not agree upon custody arrangements</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require courts to consider the home and living situation of each parent before granting sole legal custody to one parent</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also allow the court to order the Department of Human Resources to conduct a pre-placement investigation before granting sole legal custody to one parent in certain circumstances</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to child custody; to amend Sections 30-3-1 and 30-3-152, Code of Alabama 1975; to prioritize certain custody determinations; to require courts to consider the living situation of each parent in certain custody determinations; and to allow the court to order a pre-placement investigation before granting sole legal custody. </p>

Subjects

Child Custody