Child Custody

State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

GSC Uniform Acts Regarding Children [HB-370] [Children and Youth ] [Family-Related Legislation ]
GSC Uniform Acts Regarding Children

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Davis Regular Message Received From House on 04/03/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

2025 Appropriations Act [SB-257] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
2025 Appropriations Act

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Lee Conf Com Appointed on 06/05/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship between a parent and a nonparent. [SB-2052] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship between a parent and a nonparent.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Birdwell Effective On 9/1/25 on 05/28/2025

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 34th Legislature

Cina: Citizens' Review Panels [SB-123] [Children and Youth ] [Human Services ]
An Act relating to citizen review panels for certain children in state custody; reestablishing the Citizens' Review Panel for Permanency Planning; and providing for an effective date.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Myers Read The First Time - Referrals on 03/06/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child. [SB-1923] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to the modification of certain orders providing for the support of a child.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain statutory changes to reflect and address same-sex marriages and parenting relationships and to the removal of provisions regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct. [SB-1724] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Rights ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to certain statutory changes to reflect and address same-sex marriages and parenting relationships and to the removal of provisions regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan Johnson Read First Time on 03/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Health Occupations - Prescriptions for Children Subject to Shared Custody or Visitation Schedules [HB-1493] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ]
Requiring health care providers who are authorized to prescribe to issue two prescriptions of each drug prescribed for a child if a parent of the child presents the prescriber with a court-ordered or court-approved shared custody or visitation schedule; and requiring a health care provider authorized to dispense prescription drugs to fill the prescription under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Aaron Kaufman Hearing Canceled on 03/13/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

House Budget Technical Corrections [HB-74] [Budget and Spending ]
House Budget Technical Corrections

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mitchell Setzer Ch. Sl 2025-4 on 05/15/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Family Law - Grandparent Visitation [SB-1004] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Altering the circumstances under which an equity court is authorized to grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child to include that the petition for visitation rights was filed after an action for divorce, annulment, custody, or paternity was filed by a parent of the child; and requiring an equity court to grant certain visitation rights if the child resided with the grandparent for at least 12 months, or the child's parent, who is the child of the grandparent, is deceased and the court finds it in the best interest of the child.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson First Reading Senate Rules on 02/10/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship. [HB-2530] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to special appointments in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Family Law - Child Custody - Determinations [HB-1191] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Authorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a material change in circumstances since the issuance of the order that related to the needs of the child or the ability of the parents to meet those needs and that modifying the order is in the best interests of the child.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Approved By The Governor - Chapter 483 on 05/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Family Law - Child Custody and Visitation - Visitation Reevaluations and Remedies [HB-1165] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a parent to petition a court for an emergency hearing to reevaluate a visitation schedule if the other parent fails to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule without just cause; requiring the court to hold an emergency hearing within 10 days after the petition has been filed; and requiring and authorizing a court to take certain actions as a result of a parent's failure to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Edith Patterson Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 34th Legislature

Child Placement; Diligent Search [SB-88] [Children and Youth ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ]
An Act relating to placement of a child in need of aid; relating to adoption; relating to variances for foster care licenses; relating to the medical records of children in foster care; and providing for an effective date.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Bjorkman Hss Rpt Cs 3nr 1am Same Title on 04/09/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Various GSC Recommendations [HB-40]
Various GSC Recommendations

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Davis Ch. Sl 2025-25 on 06/26/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to standing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. [HB-2350] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to standing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Dutton Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the qualifications, communications, and recordkeeping of a child custody evaluator and the admissibility of a child custody evaluation under certain circumstances. [HB-2340] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ]
Relating to the qualifications, communications, and recordkeeping of a child custody evaluator and the admissibility of a child custody evaluation under certain circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Family Law - Child Custody Evaluators - Qualifications [HB-924] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ]
Specifying certain qualifications necessary for an individual to be appointed by a court as a custody evaluator.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. C.T. Wilson Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/17/2025

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

Provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child. [SB-172] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Jensen House Of Representatives Reconsidered, Failed, Yeas 35, Nays 34. H.j. 510 on 03/10/2025

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

Provide for noncustodial visitation of a minor born out of wedlock. [SB-181] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ]
Provide for noncustodial visitation of a minor born out of wedlock.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Pischke Scheduled For Hearing on 02/20/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the definitions of abuse and neglect of a child. [HB-2235] [Children and Youth ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ]
Relating to the definitions of abuse and neglect of a child.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Dutton Read First Time on 03/14/2025

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