ND HB1113

The Supreme Court must adopt rules establishing minimum qualifications for parenting investigators and maintain a public roster including each investigator's name, address, and telephone number.

Parenting investigators must file reports with the court and serve them on counsel at least 30 days before the hearing, with parties retaining the right to cross-examine the investigator and consulted persons.

If parties are indigent, the county where the child resided when the action commenced must bear investigation costs, except the court may order either or both parties to pay costs if not indigent.

Following the court's decision on parenting rights and responsibilities, the parenting investigator must be discharged from investigator duties.

Parenting investigators and attorneys guardian ad litem appointed under these sections are immune from civil liability for reports made in good faith, with good faith presumed to be disputable.