Bill Text: IN SB0230 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Transferring a child at a neutral location.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-06 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters [SB0230 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2011-SB0230-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 230

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 31-9-2-29.8; IC 31-14-14-6; IC 31-17-2-8.4.

Synopsis: Transferring a child at a neutral location. Provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that a court shall, in a custody determination, order that the transfer of a child from one parent of the child to the other parent must occur at a location other than the residence of either parent if: (1) both parents participate in the transfer of the child; and (2) one or both of the parents have been arrested for or convicted of a crime of domestic violence.

Effective: July 1, 2011.

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Merritt

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    January 6, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)

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SENATE BILL No. 230

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning family law and juvenile law.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 31-9-2-29.8; (11)IN0230.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 31-9-2-29.8 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 29.8. "Crime of domestic violence", for purposes of IC 31-14-14-6 and IC 31-17-2-8.4, has the meaning set forth in IC 35-41-1-6.3.

SOURCE: IC 31-14-14-6; (11)IN0230.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 31-14-14-6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 6. There is a rebuttable presumption that a court shall order that any physical transfer of a child from one (1) parent of the child to the other parent must occur at a location other than the residence of either parent if:
        (1) both parents participate in the transfer of the child; and
        (2) one (1) or both of the parents have been arrested for or convicted of a crime of domestic violence.

SOURCE: IC 31-17-2-8.4; (11)IN0230.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 31-17-2-8.4 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2011]: Sec. 8.4. There is a rebuttable presumption that a court

shall order that any physical transfer of a child from one (1) parent of the child to the other parent must occur at a location other than the residence of either parent if:
        (1) both parents participate in the transfer of the child; and
        (2) one (1) or both of the parents have been arrested for or convicted of a crime of domestic violence.