No. HB 499
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Dependent Children; Provides additional situations in which rebuttable presumption of detriment is created; requires certain guardians ad litem & attorneys ad litem to have special training in parricide; requires certain persons to provide to court & certain agencies & persons access to certain records of child; requires visitation or other contact to be supervised by person who has special training in parricide; requires court to refer certain children to specified trauma-informed therapeutic services; provides additional reasons law enforcement officer or authorized agent of DCF can take child into custody; requires hearing before placing certain children in shelter.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill creates a rebuttable presumption of detriment when a parent is arrested for parricide or attempted parricide against the other parent. This presumption triggers mandatory supervised visitation and specific legal protections for the child.
Courts must refer these children to trauma-informed therapeutic services. Guardians ad litem and attorneys must have special training in the dynamics of parricide to represent the child during these proceedings.
Law enforcement may take a child into custody if a parent is arrested for parricide. A hearing is required before placing the child in a shelter in these specific circumstances.
The bill requires parents to provide access to the child's medical and educational records to the court and child welfare agencies if they are involved in a parricide case.
AICourts must refer children to trauma-informed therapeutic services once a presumption of detriment is established.
AICourts must order parents to provide access to the child's medical, child care, and educational records if they withhold consent.
AIChildren cannot be placed in a shelter without a hearing if a parent is arrested for parricide or incapacitated.
AILaw enforcement may take a child into custody if a parent is arrested for parricide or incapacitated.
AIGuardians and attorneys ad litem must have special training in the dynamics of parricide.
AIVisitation must be supervised by a person with special training in the dynamics of parricide.
AIA rebuttable presumption of detriment is created if a parent is arrested for parricide or incapacitated.
AIDefines an incapacitated parent as one found unable to care for a child due to physical or mental incapacity.