Plain English Breakdown
The official text states that what counts as a 'significant connection' is specified elsewhere, but those details are not included in the provided source material.
Moving Nonminor Dependent Cases Between Counties
This law creates a new way for nonminor dependents to move their court cases to the county where they live by showing significant connections instead of waiting one year.
What This Bill Does
- Allows courts to change a case location if a nonminor dependent asks and shows an intent to remain in the new county through a significant connection, as specified.
- Requires courts issuing a transfer order under this new rule to issue it within 30 calendar days of receiving the request.
- States that the new county gains control over the case 10 calendar days after the transfer order is issued.
Who It Names or Affects
- Nonminor dependents living in a different county than their current court case location
- Juvenile courts handling cases for nonminor dependents
Terms To Know
- nonminor dependent
- A person over age 18 who is still under the care of the juvenile court system.
- jurisdiction
- The legal power or authority a specific county's court has to handle a case.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not list the exact details of what counts as a significant connection.
- The text does not state when this law will officially take effect after passing the legislature.