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This bill, titled "Court-ordered Compensatory Visitation," mandates that courts must order additional visitation time between a child and a parent or other designated person if a previous court-ordered visitation was missed because the child's custodian prevented it while the Department of Family and Community Services (referred to as "the department") investigated allegations that the person harmed the child, and that investigation concluded the allegations were unsubstantiated. The new visitation, known as "compensatory visitation," must be of the same type and duration as the missed visits, occur within two years of the court order, and include conditions to protect the child's best interests, provided the custodian doesn't have a valid reason for denying the original visitation. This provision applies to visitation denied on or after the bill's effective date of July 1, 2026, while such investigations were underway.

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https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB307