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AR HB1783

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

5/1/2017

Primary Sponsor

Laurie Rushing

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly (2017 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arkansas Code § 9-13-103(b) to expand conditions under which grandparents and great-grandparents may petition for reasonable visitation rights
  • Adds two new circumstances allowing grandparent/great-grandparent visitation petitions: when a new spouse of either parent adopts the child, or when either parent is incapacitated, incarcerated, or has parental rights terminated
  • Maintains existing visitation petition eligibility based on severed marital relationship between parents (death, divorce, legal separation) and illegitimate child circumstances
  • Changes punctuation in existing conditions from semicolons to maintain consistency with newly added conditions

Legislative Description

To Amend The Law Concerning The Visitation Rights Of Grandparents And Great-grandparents.

Last Action

Died in House Committee at Sine Die Adjournment

5/1/2017

Committee Referrals

Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs3/1/2017

Full Bill Text

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