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MN HF2722

Bill

Status

Passed

5/8/2014

Primary Sponsor

Tim Mahoney

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Origin

House of Representatives

88th Legislature 2013-2014

AI Summary

  • Eliminates presumption for or against joint physical custody except when domestic abuse has occurred between parents.

  • Adds provision allowing courts to reserve determination of future parenting time establishment or expansion, with best interest standard applied to subsequent motions.

  • Clarifies that disagreement between parents over sole versus joint custody alone does not constitute inability to cooperate in child rearing.

  • Requires courts to make detailed factual findings on all custody factors when parties disagree about joint versus sole custody awards.

  • Specifies that increasing a parent's parenting time to between 45.1 to 54.9 percent is not considered a restriction of the other parent's parenting time.

Legislative Description

Custody and parenting time provisions changes made.

Last Action

Secretary of State Chapter 197 05/05/14

5/8/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules and Administration4/29/2014
Judiciary Finance and Policy3/19/2014
Civil Law3/6/2014

Full Bill Text

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