An Act relative to parental visitation and custody for children of rape victims

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An Act relative to parental visitation and custody for children of rape victims

An Act relative to parental visitation and custody for children of rape victims By Representative Sullivan-Almeida of Abington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

• An Act relative to parental visitation and custody for children of rape victims By Representative Sullivan-Almeida of Abington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
• 2002) of Alyson M.
• Sullivan-Almeida relative to parental visitation and custody for children of rape victims.
• The Judiciary.

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Official Summary Text

An Act relative to parental visitation and custody for children of rape victims
By Representative Sullivan-Almeida of Abington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2002) of Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida relative to parental visitation and custody for children of rape victims. The Judiciary.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2002

Subsection (a) of section 3 of chapter 209C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-

No court shall make an order providing visitation rights to a parent who was convicted of rape, under sections 22 to 23B, inclusive, of chapter 265 or sections 2, 3, 4 or 17 of chapter 272, and is seeking to obtain visitation with the child who was conceived during the commission of that rape, unless a visitation or custody action is filed or initiated by the child conceived of that rape who: (i) has then reached the age of 18 or (ii) is adjudicated as emancipated from the other parent of the child.

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