Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session
Relating to: mandatory parenting classes.
Children — Protection and services Court — Procedure Family — Support
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, in an action affecting the family in which a minor child is
involved or in an action to determine the paternity of a child, a court has discretion
to order one or both of the parties to attend parenting classes, if the court determines
that it is appropriate and in the best interest of the child to do so. This bill eliminates
the court's discretion and instead requires a court to order the parties to attend
parenting classes in an action affecting the family in which a minor child is involved
or in an action to determine the paternity of a child. Under the bill, a court may waive
this requirement if the court finds that it is impracticable for a parent to attend the
parenting classes or if a parent has previously attended such a class in the course of
the action affecting the family.