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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0083
Child custody-sex offense conviction presumption.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Pendergraft, Angelos,
Brady, Haroldson, Kelly and Knapp and
Senator(s) Hutchings
A BILL
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1 AN ACT relating to domestic relations; specifying a
2 rebuttable presumption that no sex offender shall have
3 unsupervised visitation with a child; requiring
4 consideration of sex-related convictions when considering
5 the best interests of a child in custody determinations
6 upon divorce; and providing for an effective date.
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10. W.S. 20-2-201(a) by creating a new
11 paragraph (x) and by renumbering (x) as (xi) and 20-2-202
12 by creating a new subsection (b) are amended to read:
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4 (a) In granting a divorce, separation or annulment of
5 a marriage or upon the establishment of paternity pursuant
6 to W.S. 14-2-401 through 14-2-907, the court may make by
7 decree or order any disposition of the children that
8 appears most expedient and in the best interests of the
9 children. In determining the best interests of the child,
10 the court shall consider, but is not limited to, the
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17 (xi) Any other factors the court deems
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5. This act is effective immediately upon
6 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
7 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
8 Constitution.
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