model confidence 90%
Expands ability of more than two legal parents (including de facto and functional parents) to seek and obtain custody, visitation and parenting time, and allows courts to award custody to more than two parents.
Where a court deems it to be in the child's best interest, the court may award custody to more than two parents.
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Mixed rights of the paying or noncustodial parent model confidence 80%
Changes child support calculations and obligations to account for one or more parents instead of either or both, and allows support obligations from more than two parents.
"Child support" shall mean a sum to be paid pursuant to court order or decree by [deleted: either or both parents] one or more parent or pursuant to a valid agreement between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any unemancipated child under the age of twenty-one years.
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model confidence 90%
Establishes presumptions of parentage, allows de facto parents to obtain a court judgment of parentage, and permits adjudication of parentage for a child with more than two parents without disestablishing existing parents.
The court may adjudicate a child to have more than two parents if the court finds that failure to recognize more than two parents would be detrimental to the child.
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Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates confirmatory adoptions, de facto parentage adjudications, presumptions of parentage, and multi-parent custody and support rules that expand legal recognition and rights for additional parents (including non-biological and functional parents) in disputes between private parties over custody, visitation and support; it also revises support formulas to cover more than two parents, creating mixed effects on the paying parent's obligations.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-21 | S | RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN |
| 2025-01-08 | S | REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES |