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IN SB0323
Bill
AI Summary
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Courts may require a parent to submit to drug testing as a condition of parenting time if the parent has a history of unlawful drug use within the previous 5 years or there is reasonable likelihood of current drug use, with the parent paying testing costs.
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Parenting time must be supervised for any person convicted of child molesting or child exploitation within the previous 5 years.
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A rebuttable presumption exists that parenting time should be supervised for persons convicted of child molesting or child exploitation, regardless of when the conviction occurred.
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Courts may interview children in chambers to determine whether parenting time might endanger the child's physical health or significantly impair emotional development.
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Effective date: July 1, 2019.
Legislative Description
Parenting time. Authorizes a court to require a parent to submit to drug testing as a condition of exercising parenting time rights if the court finds that: (1) the parent has a history of unlawful drug use within the previous five years; or (2) there is a reasonable likelihood that the parent is currently using unlawful drugs. Specifies that the parent shall pay the costs of the drug testing. Provides that, if a court grants parenting time to a person who has been convicted of: (1) child molesting; or (2) child exploitation; within the previous five years, the court shall order that the parenting time must be supervised.
Last Action
Public Law 223
5/5/2019