HB4213 HFAT Cowles 3-12 REVISED

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 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 article, designated §48-31-101, §48-31-102, §48-31-103, §48-31-104, §48-31-105, §48-31-106, §48-31-107, §48-31-201, §48-31-202, §48-31-203, §48-31-204, §48-31-205, §48-31-301, §48-31-302, §48-31-303, §48-31-304, §48-31-305, §48-31-306, §48-31-307, §48-31-308, §48-31-309, §48-31-310, §48-31-401, §48-31-402, §48-31-403, §48-31-404, §48-31-501, §48-31-502 and §48-31-503, all relating to adopting the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act; providing short title; defining terms; providing for enforcement through assessment of attorneys’ 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; granted limited contact, setting forth contact for temporary custody orders; and giving guidance for interpretation and construction in conjunction with other laws and orders.

Adopted

Rejected