Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB229

Filed/Read First Time

Introduced

2/6/25

Refer

2/6/25

Caption

Child custody, rebuttable presumption of joint custody, provided; definition of joint physical custody, further provided for; joint custody model parenting plan, required in certain divorce cases; motion for temporary relief as alternative to joint custody plan, provided in certain circumstances; penalties for certain unsupported motions, provided

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

AL HB44

Criminal procedure; requires custodial agencies to contact a detained individual's emergency contacts in certain circumstances

AL SB182

Capital Murder; sentence further provided for; resentence in certain circumstances

AL SB237

Child support, retroactivity provided for in certain circumstances

AL HB29

Sentencing, habitual felony offenders sentencing further provided for; resentence in certain circumstances

AL HB299

Pardons and Paroles, requirements for release on parole further provided for, apply for appellate relief when parole denied in certain circumstances, require medical parole hearing held within a certain time frame, allow an inmate released on medical furlough place of residence

AL HB21

Genetic Testing Companies, requiring consent to release customers' genetic data

AL HB352

Juvenile courts, Department of Youth Services responsible for housing and caring for child ordered to be transferred to custody of Department of Youth Services, Department of Youth Services to reimburse county detention facility for costs incurred under certain circumstances.

AL SB265

AL SB57

Crimes & Offenses, prohibited picketing or protesting in certain circumstances and provided criminal penalties

AL SB19

Civil procedure; statute of limitations for civil actions involving certain sex offenses further provided for

Similar Bills

IL HB4807

DCFS-FORMER FOSTER FAMILY

NJ S1087

Clarifies best interests of the child should be primary consideration in actions undertaken by State governmental entities and courts of law.

AL HB524

Relating to child custody; to amend Sections 30-3-1, 30-3-150, 30-3-151, 30-3-152, 30-3-153, and 30-3-157 of the Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Section 30-3-158 to the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to child custody; to remove existing code language that provides for custody of a child to be granted to a husband in cases of abandonment by the wife only after the child reaches seven years of age; to provide further for the policy of this state regarding child custody; to provide further for definitions; to provide that there is a rebuttable presumption that joint custody is in the best interest of the child, which can be overcome only by evidence; to establish factors for a court to consider when determining any custody arrangement other than joint custody; to require a parenting plan and to authorize the court to establish a parenting plan in certain situations; to specify remedies when a party fails to adhere to certain provisions in a parenting plan; to set requirements for the modification of physical custody in certain circumstances; to allow a parent to file a petition for temporary relief if he or she believes joint custody is not in the best interest of the child; to provide certain remedies if an unsupported or bad faith petition for temporary relief is filed; and to provide that nothing in this act shall be construed to limit domestic or family abuse provisions of the law.