ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

House: GOV DPA 4-3-0-0

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

HB 2256: parenting time hearings; testimony; prohibition

Sponsor: Representative Keshel, LD 17

House Engrossed

Overview

Prohibits a court from taking testimony or making findings in specified family court proceedings based on terminology or theories that are not scientifically supported.

History

Legal decision-making is the legal right and responsibility to make all nonemergency legal decisions for a child.  Parenting time refers to the amount of time during which each parent has access to a child.  The court is required to make a decision in either of these proceedings based on all factors considered relevant to the child's physical and emotional well-being.  Any modification to these agreements are subject to the review of certain factors including domestic violence, status as a military parent and the consideration of time (A.R.S. §§ 25-401, 25-403, 25-411).

Provisions

1.   Prohibits a court from taking testimony or making findings, in any legal decision-making or parenting time proceeding, based on terminology or theories that are not scientifically supported and that do not lead to specific evidence-based treatment. (Sec. 1)

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