Julie McGuire
- Republican
- Representative
- District 93
Author
Amends the definition for "act of rape", only for the purposes of IC 31-35-3.5 (termination of parent-child relationship of an individual who committed an act of rape), to include child molestation and sexual misconduct with a minor. Provides that the department of child services or a court shall consider ensuring the child's safety to be the most important consideration in the determination of a child's best interests under family and juvenile law. Provides that there is a rebuttable presumption that a child is a child in need of services if the state establishes that the child lives in the same household as an adult who was a perpetrator of a child fatality or near fatality that may have been the result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Adds sexual misconduct with a minor as an offense that may be alleged in a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship when a child is conceived as a result of the offense. Amends the circumstances under which a court may terminate the parent-child relationship with regard to a child in need of services.
Signed by the Governor
Public Law 70
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Signed by the Speaker
Motion to concur filed
House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 246: yeas 89, nays 0
Returned to the House with amendments
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 198: yeas 49, nays 0
Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed
Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote
Placed back on second reading
Senators Glick, Buck, Randolph added as cosponsors
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
Referred to the Senate
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 99: yeas 94, nays 0
Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L, Koch, Dernulc
Amendment #1 (McGuire) prevailed; voice vote
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Amendment #2 (Jackson) motion withdrawn voice vote
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Coauthored by Representatives Jeter, Steuerwald, Goss-Reaves
Authored by Representative McGuire
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