SB 577 Summary

• Creates a rebuttable presumption that a parent's custody or visitation rights are not in the child's best interest if the parent has a felony conviction for a violent or sexual offense against a minor or is required to register as a sex offender.

• Prohibits a child from being placed in a home with or having unsupervised visitation with anyone who has committed family violence, has a felony conviction for violent or sexual offense against a minor, or is required to register as a sex offender, unless the court documents reasons in writing or on the record.

• Requires courts to treat sex offender registration as a presumption of risk that shifts the burden of producing evidence, and to find "no significant risk to the child" before granting custody or unsupervised visitation to someone with such a conviction in their household.

• Prohibits a person convicted of first-degree murder of the child's other parent from being granted custody or unsupervised visitation unless the court finds no risk to the child's health, safety, and welfare.

• Requires courts to withhold disclosure of a custodial parent's residence, place of employment, and child's school when the court makes findings of abuse or domestic violence against the other parent, unless disclosure is in the child's best interests.