SB443 S JUD AM #Amendment #1

Smith 7883

The Committee on the Judiciary moved to amend the bill on pages one and two, section six hundred five, lines eighteen through twenty-two, by striking out all of subdivision (4) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subdivision, designated subdivision (4), to read as follows:

(4) If a parent whose child has been removed from the parent’s care, custody and control by an order of removal voluntarily fails to have contact or attempt to have contact with the child for a period of 18 consecutive months: Provided, That failure to have or attempt to have contact due to being incarcerated, being in a medical or drug treatment facility, or being on active military duty shall not be considered voluntary behavior.

Adopted

Rejected