HB4648 HFAT Foster 3-7

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

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 4648—A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto two new sections, designated §48-1-239a and §48-1-239b; and to amend and reenact §48-9-102 of said code, all relating to allocation of custodial responsibility and decision-making responsibility of children in divorce, custody and parenting proceedings; defining terms; establishing facilitation of meaningful contact with a child’s siblings, including half siblings, as a primary objective to serve a child’s best interests; and creating a rebuttable presumption that co-equal shared legal custody and shared physical custody are in a child’s best interests in divorce, custody and parenting proceedings.

Adopted

Rejected