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HB0063 • 2012

Child custody modification after military service.

AN ACT relating to child custody and visitation; requiring the automatic termination of temporary custody and visitation orders issued during temporary military duty; providing an exception; and providing for an effective date.

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Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Throne
Last action
2012-03-01
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

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Amendments

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HB0063SW001

Committee of the Whole • ROSS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Committee of the Whole by ROSS

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Bill History

  1. 2012-03-01 Senate

    S Failed CoW; Indef Postponed

  2. 2012-03-01 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  3. 2012-03-01 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  4. 2012-02-29 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  5. 2012-02-29 Senate

    S01 Recommended Do Pass

  6. 2012-02-23 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S01

  7. 2012-02-22 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  8. 2012-02-22 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  9. 2012-02-21 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  10. 2012-02-20 House

    H Passed CoW

  11. 2012-02-16 House

    H Placed on General File

  12. 2012-02-16 House

    H01 Recommended Do Pass

  13. 2012-02-15 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01

  14. 2012-02-14 House

    H Received for Introduction

  15. 2012-02-13 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2012
STATE OF
WYOMING
12LSO-0228

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0063

Child custody modification after military service.

Sponsored by:

Representative(s) Throne and Petersen and Senator(s) Hastert, Nutting, Perkins and Von Flatern

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
child custody and visitation; requiring the automatic termination of temporary custody and visitation orders issued during temporary military duty; providing
an
exception;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 20
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2
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205
(a)(iii)
is amended to read:

20
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2
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205.

Temporary military duty; definitions; modification of orders; visitation assignment; electronic evidence.

(a)

When a service member who has custody or visitation of a child receives temporary duty, deployment
or mobilization orders from the military which require the service member to move a substantial distance from the service member's residence or otherwise have a temporary but material effect on the service member's ability to exercise custody or visitation responsibilities:

(iii)

In

When
issuing any temporary custody or visitation order under this section, the court shall
consider whether the temporary order should automatically terminate

make the order temporary and
require
that the order automatically terminate
not more than
twenty (20) days after the service member has provided written notice
of the service member's return
to the court and
all persons having custody or visitation rights under the order
. The court may stay the automatic termination of a temporary custody or visitation order under this
paragraph
upon the filing of a motion for modification under W.S.
20
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2
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204
;

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2012.

(END)

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