Alaska2026Passed Legislature

HB307

Court-Ordered Make-Up Visitation for Children

Last scannedSep 10, 2026, 12:32 AM

In one sentence

This law requires courts to order make-up visitation time if a parent missed scheduled visits during an investigation that the Department of Family and Community Services later found to be unsubstantiated.

Requires courts to order compensatory, or make-up, visitation when specific conditions are met.
Applies only when the Department of Family and Community Services finds an abuse allegation is unsubstantiated.
Mandates that the new visit time matches the type and length of the missed visits in the original court order.
Sets a rule that make-up visits must happen within two years after the court issues the new order.
Allows courts to add safety conditions if needed for the child's best interests.

Parents or other people who have lost scheduled visitation time with a child during an investigation by the Department of Family and Community Services.
Children whose custodians denied them visits while waiting for an abuse allegation to be investigated.
Courts that must decide on and schedule the make-up visitation times.

This law only applies if a custodian cannot show another good reason for missing the original visit.
The rule does not cover visits missed before July 1, 2026, or cases where an allegation was proven true.

Plain language

Compensatory Visitation: Make-up time ordered by a court for visits that did not happen as planned during an investigation.
Unsubstantiated Allegation: A claim of abuse or neglect that the Department found to be unsubstantiated after looking into it.

Official record

Validated

COURT-ORDERED COMPENSATORY VISITATION An Act relating to court-ordered compensatory visitation with a child; and providing for an effective date.

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