HB4213 S JUD AMT

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The Committee on the Judiciary 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 4213 -- A BILL to repeal §48-1-233.3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, and to repeal §48-1-233.4 of said code, and to repeal §48-9-404 of said code, and to amend said code by adding thereto a new chapter, designated §48A-1-101, §48A-1-102, §48A-1-103, §48A-1-104, §48A-1-105, §48A-1-106, §48A-1-107, §48A-2-201, §48A-2-202, §48A-2-203, §48A-2-204, §48A-2-205, §48A-3-301, §48A-3-302, §48A-3-303, §48A-3-304, §48A-3-305, §48A-3-306, §48A-3-307, §48A-3-308, §48A-3-309, §48A-3-310, §48A-4-401, §48A-4-402, §48A-4-403, §48A-4-404, §48A-5-501, §48A-5-502 and §48A-5-503, all relating to adopting the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; providing short title; defining terms; providing for enforcement through assessment of attorney fees and costs; jurisdiction of the court; 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; requiring person with custodial responsibility to notify regarding change of address; 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; authority created by agreement; authorizing orders for payment of child support during deployment; providing for modification and termination of orders and agreements; delegation and filing of power of attorney to adult nonparent; temporary custody orders; expedited hearings; testimony by electronic means; rules regarding prior judicial order or agreement; granting care-taking or decision-making authority to nonparent; granting limited contact; setting forth contact for temporary custody orders; and giving guidance for interpretation and construction in conjunction with other laws and orders.