Plain English Breakdown
The effective date is not provided in the source material, only that the bill was chaptered by the Secretary of State.
AB-1375: Considering Human Trafficking in Child Custody Cases
This law requires courts to consider evidence that a parent caused human trafficking against the child or other parent when deciding what is best for the child's custody.
What This Bill Does
- Requires courts to consider relevant and admissible evidence of human trafficking during decisions about the best interests of a child.
- Applies specifically when there is evidence that a parent caused human trafficking against their own child or the other parent.
Who It Names or Affects
- Courts making decisions about child custody and visitation in contested proceedings.
- Parents involved in legal disputes where one party may have caused human trafficking against the child or the other parent.
- Children whose parents are accused of causing human trafficking.
Terms To Know
- Rebuttable presumption
- A rule that assumes something is true unless proven otherwise; this exists for domestic violence cases but the bill does not create one for human trafficking.
- Admissible evidence
- Information or proof that a court allows and accepts during legal proceedings.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law requires courts to consider the evidence but does not state if this creates an automatic presumption against the parent like domestic violence laws do.
- The official text does not list specific penalties or punishments for parents found to have caused human trafficking.