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IA SF523
Bill
AI Summary
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Courts may award separate rights and responsibilities of joint legal custody to each parent if found by clear and convincing evidence to be in the child's best interest
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District courts must resolve joint legal custody disputes between parents during or after divorce proceedings, with parents required to file an application and serve process on the other parent
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Upon receiving a dispute application, courts must set a hearing and expeditiously resolve the matter in the child's best interest, with authority to divide custody rights and responsibilities between parents
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Parents may stipulate to a parenting plan allocating parenting functions and/or parenting time, which the court must approve unless it determines the agreement is not in the child's best interest
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to the establishment or modification of legal custody of a child.(Formerly SSB 1124.)
Last Action
Tabled until future meeting.
3/12/2026