Judicial notice of certain court records relating to domestic violence or child abuse

The bill specifies that in a family law action in which the parties have a minor child, a court may take judicial notice of records available on the Internet site of the consolidated court automation programs, commonly referred to as CCAP, relating to certain convictions and restraining orders between the parties. Under the bill, the court may take judicial notice of records available on CCAP relating to 1) a conviction of a parent for a crime that is subject to the statutory domestic abuse surcharge and is committed against the other parent, including battery, stalking, sexual assault, damage to property, disorderly conduct, and other specified crimes; 2) a conviction of a parent for a crime against a child that is committed against a child of the parties;

or 3) an injunction issued against a parent if the injunction was requested by the other parent, for a domestic abuse or harassment restraining order.