HB4213 HFAT Cowles 3-12

Casto 3264

Delegate Cowles moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill No. 4213 -- “A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new chapter, designated §48D-1-101, §48D-1-102, §48D-1-103, §48D-1-104, §48D-1-105, §48D-1-106, §48D-1-107, §48D-2-201, §48D-2-202, §48D-2-203, §48D-2-204, §48D-3-301, §48D-3-302, §48D-3-303, §48D-3-304, §48D-3-305, §48D-3-306, §48D-3-307, §48D-3-308, §48D-3-309, §48D-3-310, §48D-3-311, §48D-4-401, §48D-4-402, §48D-4-403, §48D-4-404, §48D-5-501, §48D-5-502 and §48D-5-503, all relating to adoption of the “Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act"; defining terms; providing for enforcement through assessment of attorney fees and costs; establishing procedures to determine matters of child custody and visitation when parents are deployed in military or other national service; requiring notices from deployed parent; providing for out-of-court agreements and establishing minimum requirements therefor; prohibiting consideration of past or future deployments in determining the best interest of the child; authorizing orders for payment of child support during deployment; providing for modification and termination of orders and agreements; and giving guidance for interpretation and construction in conjunction with other laws and orders”

Adopted

Rejected