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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1360 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1516 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Colleen M. Garry |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act prohibiting court ordered visitation rights to any persons convicted of criminal offenses |
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| 13 | 13 | | against a minor. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex1/10/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1360 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1516 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Garry of Dracut, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1516) of Colleen |
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| 20 | 20 | | M. Garry for legislation to prohibit court ordered visitation rights to persons convicted of |
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| 21 | 21 | | criminal offenses against minors. The Judiciary. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1589 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act prohibiting court ordered visitation rights to any persons convicted of criminal offenses |
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| 30 | 30 | | against a minor. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 28 of Chapter 208 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:— No court shall make |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3an order providing unsupervised visitation rights to a parent who has been convicted of sexual |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4abuse and/or other crimes against children including but not limited to one or more of the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5following: Ch. 265, sections 13B, 13H, 13J, 22, 22A, 23, 24, 24B, 26, 26A, 27A, Chapter 272, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6sections 1, 2, 4, 4A, 4B, 16, 17, 28, 29A, 29B, 35, 35A, unless such child is of suitable age and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7assents to such order and a guardian ad litem finds the visitation is in the best interest of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8child. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9 SECTION 2. Section 37 of Chapter 209 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:— No court shall make |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11an order providing unsupervised visitation rights to a parent who has been convicted of sexual |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12abuse and/or other crimes against children including but not limited to one or more of the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13following: Ch. 265, sections 13B, 13H, 13J, 22, 22A, 23, 24, 24B, 26, 26A, 27A, Chapter 272, |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14sections 1, 2, 4, 4A, 4B, 16, 17, 28, 29A, 29B, 35, 35A, unless such child is of suitable age and |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15assents to such order and a guardian ad litem finds the visitation is in the best interest of the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 16child. |
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