Amendment AA2-SB420

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 2, To 1995 SENATE BILL 420

May 13, 1996 - Offered by Representatives Goetsch and Porter.

SB420-AA2,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB420-AA2,1,3 1. Page 1, line 9: after "custody" insert: ", a rebuttable presumption for equal periods of physical placement".

SB420-AA2,1,4 2. Page 7, line 1: before that line insert:

SB420-AA2,1,5 " Section 5m. 767.24 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB420-AA2,1,11 767.24 (4) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), if the court orders sole or joint legal custody under sub. (2), the court shall allocate periods of physical placement between the parties in accordance with this subsection. In determining the allocation of periods of physical placement, the court shall consider each case on the basis of the factors in sub. (5). If the court orders joint legal custody, there is a rebuttable presumption for substantially equal periods of physical placement.".

SB420-AA2,1,12 3. Page 7, line 4: before that line insert:

SB420-AA2,1,13 " Section 6m. 767.24 (6) (ac) of the statutes is created to read:

SB420-AA2,2,2 767.24 (6) (ac) If the court orders joint legal custody but does not award the parties substantially equal periods of physical placement, the court shall state in writing the basis on which the rebuttable presumption under sub. (4) (a) was overcome.".

SB420-AA2,2,3 (End)