Uniform Act: Guardianship/conservatorship [SB-250]
[Children and Youth ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
An Act relating to guardianships, conservatorships, and other protective arrangements; relating to the public guardian; relating to the crime of violating a protective order; amending Rules 6, 6.1, 12(e), and 37.7(a), Alaska Rules of Administration; repealing Rule 9(b)(2)(G)(ii), Alaska Rules of Administration; amending the Alaska Rules of Probate Procedure; and amending Rule 77(c), Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.
SB-250: Uniform Act: Guardianship/conservatorship
Sponsored by: Sen. Jesse Kiehl
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/21/2024
Child Removal Review Board [HB-380]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
An Act relating to the Child Removal Review Board; relating to the removal of children from the state; and relating to the recognition and enforcement of orders relating to the removal of children issued by other jurisdictions.
HB-380: Child Removal Review Board
Sponsored by: Rep. David Eastman
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/20/2024
Child Support For Unborn Children [HB-321]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
An Act establishing child support for unborn children; relating to the duties of the child support services agency; and amending Rule 90.3, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure.
HB-321: Child Support For Unborn Children
Sponsored by: Rep. David Eastman
Read The First Time - Referrals on 02/14/2024
Effect Of Adoption Decree On Siblings [HB-320]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
An Act relating to the effect of a decree of adoption or termination of parental rights on the legal relationship between a person and the person's siblings.
HB-320: Effect Of Adoption Decree On Siblings
Sponsored by: Rep. William Fields
Cosponsor(s): Fields on 03/01/2024
Family Law – Child Custody and Visitation – Visitation Reevaluations and Remedies [HB-1307]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[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; 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.
HB-1307: Family Law – Child Custody and Visitation – Visitation Reevaluations and Remedies
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Lehman
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/10/2024
Correctional Facilities - Correctional Nursery Program - Establishment [HB-1411]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to establish the Correctional Nursery Program to allow eligible incarcerated individuals and children born to them while in custody to reside together in a correctional facility.
HB-1411: Correctional Facilities - Correctional Nursery Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep. Seth Howard
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/13/2024
Family Law - Child Custody - Determinations [HB-848]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
HB-848: Family Law - Child Custody - Determinations
Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti
Third Reading Passed (135-0) on 03/14/2024
Child Custody - Rebuttable Presumption of Joint Custody [SB-663]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing a rebuttable presumption in certain child custody proceedings that joint legal custody and joint physical custody for approximately equal periods of time are in the best interests of a child and establishing factors a court may consider when determining the best interests of the child; authorizing the court to award sole custody based on a preponderance of the evidence that a joint custody arrangement is not in the best interests of the child; requiring the Court to enter certain factors on the record; etc.
SB-663: Child Custody - Rebuttable Presumption of Joint Custody
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing Canceled on 02/12/2024
Child Custody and Visitation - Best Interest of the Child [SB-670]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of custody or visitation between the parties that is in the best interest of the child, to consider the ability of each of the parties to meet the child's developmental needs, the relations between the child, the parties, the siblings and other relatives, the ability of each party to meet the child's day-to-day needs and certain other factors; and requiring the court to articulate certain findings of fact on the record.
SB-670: Child Custody and Visitation - Best Interest of the Child
Sponsored by: Sen. Nick Charles
Hearing 2/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/31/2024
Relating To Family Court. [HB-2603]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Rights ]
Amends provisions relating to criteria in family court determinations regarding custody and visitation rights. Clarifies that no court shall consider a parent's affirmation of their child's gender identity or expression in a custody determination.
HB-2603: Relating To Family Court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Matsumoto
Referred To Hus, Jha, Referral Sheet 3 on 01/26/2024