HB 792 - Family Courts Summary

• Establishes that a parent's felony conviction for violent or sexual offenses against minors, or requirement to register as a sex offender, raises a rebuttable presumption against granting that parent custody or joint custody rights.

• Prohibits placing a child in a home with a person who committed family violence, has a felony conviction for violent or sexual offenses against minors, or is required to register as a sex offender, unless the court documents its reasoning in writing or on the record.

• Bars anyone required to register as a sex offender from residing in a household where a child has custody or unsupervised visitation unless the court finds no significant risk and deems sex offender registration as creating a presumption of risk.

• Prohibits granting custody or unsupervised visitation to a parent convicted of murdering the other parent of the child unless the court finds no risk to the child's health, safety, and welfare, and may consider evidence of the convicted parent being a victim of intimate partner violence.

• Prevents courts from disclosing the custodial parent's residence, employment location, or the child's school unless the court determines disclosure is in the child's best interests.