2005 House Bill 4161 ↩

House Roll Call 139: Passed

To revise a provision in the child custody law which establishes that after a mother and father sign an acknowledgment of parentage, the mother is presumed to have custody of the child unless otherwise determined by a court or agreed to by the parties. The would insert language specifying that signing the form would give initial custody of a minor child to the mother, but by itself would not affect the rights of either parent in a custody or parenting time proceeding.