Description: The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes amending four rules of court and revising three forms to comply with Senate Bill 654 (Stats. 2021, ch. 768). The bill amended Family Code section 3011 by extending the requirement that a court state its reasons when granting sole or joint custody to someone despite allegations of abuse or substance abuse against that person to orders granting unsupervised visitation to someone against whom there are allegations of abuse or substance abuse. The bill also amended Family Code section 3042 regarding child testimony to prohibit allowing the child to testify in front of the parties unless specific findings are made and to require that certain court professionals provide notice if a child changed their choice about addressing the court.

Category: Family and Juvenile

Item Number: SPR22-09

Deadline:

File: spr22-09.pdf