Bill > HB6006

This bill amends the Child Custody Act of 1970 to establish new requirements and restrictions for child custody and parenting time decisions, particularly in cases involving allegations of abuse, domestic violence, or other harmful behavior by a parent. The key provisions include: - Requiring courts to consider specific types of evidence, such as protection orders and risk assessments, when determining if a parent has committed abuse or other harmful acts before making custody and parenting time decisions. Courts are prohibited from awarding custody or unsupervised parenting time to an abusive parent. - Placing restrictions on courts' ability to remove a child from a competent, protective parent or to restrict the child's contact with such a parent in order to improve the relationship with the other parent. - Prohibiting courts from ordering certain types of reunification treatment that would require a child to have contact with an abusive parent against the child's wishes. - Clarifying that joint custody is not an option for an abusive parent, and that courts must consider domestic violence as a factor when determining custody and parenting time. - Expanding the circumstances under which a court is prohibited from awarding custody or parenting time to a parent who has committed sexual assault or other serious crimes against the child or the child's other parent. The bill is tied to the enactment of two other related bills, HB 6008'24 and HB 6007'24.

Health and Social Services

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2024-HB-6006