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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION | |
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AND ENFORCEMENT | |
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Introduced By: Senator Roger Picard | |
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Date Introduced: February 16, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 15-14.1 of the General Laws entitled "Uniform Child Custody |
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Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sections: |
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15-14.1-43. No existing order upon military deployment. -- If there is no existing order |
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establishing the terms of parental rights and responsibilities or parent-child contact and it appears |
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that deployment or mobilization is imminent, upon motion by either parent, the court shall |
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expedite a hearing to establish temporary parental rights and responsibilities and parent-child |
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contact to ensure the deploying parent has access to the child, to ensure disclosure of information, |
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to grant other rights and duties set forth herein, and to provide other appropriate relief. Any initial |
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pleading filed to establish parental rights and responsibilities for, or parent-child contact with, a |
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child of a deploying parent shall be so identified at the time of filing by stating in text of the |
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pleading the specific facts related to deployment. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION | |
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This act would provide that if there is no existing court order establishing parental rights |
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and it appears military deployment is imminent then the court, upon motion, would expedite a |
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hearing to establish such parental rights to ensure the deploying parent has access to the child. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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