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HCONRES 255 102th Congress House Law Child welfare Custody of children Grandparents Mediation Parent and child State laws

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the States, in order to expedite the dispute settlement process for grandparent visitation privileges, are encouraged to adopt uniform visitation rights laws, modeled after a federally commissioned American Bar Association report.

Introduced: November 26, 1991 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 13, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
Nov 26, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Nov 26, 1991
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that States refer to the following guidelines (developed by a specified federally-funded project of the American Bar Association) to expedite the resolution of grandparents' visitation disputes: (1) attorneys, court personnel, and other professionals should be encouraged to refer persons involved in such disputes to mediation services and such services should strive to develop agreements between the disputants regarding visitation, to reduce acrimony between the parties, and to minimize trauma for the child involved; (2) judges presiding in such cases should be encouraged to refer parties to mediation; and (3) State legislators should enumerate specific factors for courts to consider in determining whether grandparent visitation is in a child's best interest.

What's happening now July 13, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.

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