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Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings
Committee on Family Law
Relating to: creating a rebuttable presumption against awarding a parent joint or sole legal custody if the court finds that the parent has engaged in a pattern or serious incident of abuse.
By Representatives Berceau, Lippert, Starzyk, Pocan, Ryba, McCormick, Wasserman, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Lassa, Kreibich, Suder, Krawczyk, Bies, Coggs, Wieckert, Ladwig, Seratti, Shilling, Sherman, Albers and Walker; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Erpenbach, Huelsman, Rosenzweig, Hansen, Wirch, Robson, Risser, Roessler, Moore and Cowles.
November 27, 2001 Referred to Committee on Family Law.
January 17, 2002 PUBLIC HEARING HELD
Present: (6) Representatives Owens, Kestell, Friske, Grothman, Berceau and Krusick.
· Representative Terese Berceau (author); 76th Assembly District
· Representative MaryAnn Lippert; 70th Assembly District
· Mary Ann Phalen; Personal Development Center - Wood and Clark Counties; Marshfield
· Molly Stout; Personal Development Center - North Wood County; Marshfield
· Barbara Inda; Personal Development Center - Wood County; Marshfield
· Jennifer Foemmel; Clark County Domestic Violence Project; Marshfield
· Patricia Price; Minneapolis, MN
· Maggie Cox; Women of Nations; St. Paul, MN
· Sandra R. Hackbarth; Antigo
· Ursula Bunnell; Family Violence Center - Brown County; Green Bay
· Kathy Kraus; Reach Counseling Services; Menasha
· William Buros; Passages, Inc.; Cazenovia
· Cindy Cochran; HELP of Door County; Ellison Bay
· Marte Carlin; Women Against Domestic Abuse (WADA Minute for Justice, Inc.); Green Bay
· Martha Garel; Madison
· Melissa Olivares; Madison
· Kimberlee Wright; Domestic Abuse Intervention Services; Madison
· Carol Medaris; WI Council on Children and Families; Madison
· Lauren Bloom; Madison
· Karen Ciccarelli; Verona
· Patricia Wathen; Madison
· Elyse M. Komitzsky; Madison
· Mary Lauby; WI Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Madison
· Senator Fred Risser; 26th Senate District
· Lisa Stewart-Boettcher; Columbus
· Rev. Sue Moline Larson; Lutheran Office for Public Policy in WI; Madison
· Kileen Weise; St. Paul, MN
· Karen Larson; Madison
· Megan Thompson; Madison
· Julia Jiannacopoulos; Portage
· Veronica Butler; Mt. Horeb
· Laura Noel; Madison
· David Pate; Center on Fathers, Families and Public Policy; Madison
· Georgia Black; Blooming Grove
· Jill Groblewski; Madison
· Leslie McAllister; National Assoc. of Social Workers - WI; Madison
· Rosemary Gorski; Antigo
· Gary Radloff; WI Dept. of Health and Family Services; Madison
· Jennifer Burkel; Madison
· Angela Snell; Madison
· JoAnna Richard; WI Dept. of Justice; Madison
· Lisa Kiczula; Madison
· Agatha Gelderloos; HELP of Door County; Sturgeon Bay
· Sara N. Miller; Personal Development Center - Wood and Clark Counties; Pittsville
· Jason J. Beloungy; National Assoc. of Social Workers; Cross Plains
· Rita Thielmann; Passages, Inc.; Richland Center
· Kathryn Chapman; Family Violence Center - Brown County; Green Bay
· Mikel Koenig; Family Violence Center - Brown County; Green Bay
· Jenny Boese; State Bar of WI/Family Law Section; Madison
February 28, 2002
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Present: (6) Representatives Owens, Kestell, Friske, Grothman, Berceau and Krusick.
Moved by Representative Berceau, seconded by Representative Friske, that
Assembly Amendment 1
be recommended for adoption.
Ayes: (6) Representatives Owens, Kestell, Friske, Grothman, Berceau and Krusick.
Noes: (0) None
ADOPTION RECOMMENDED, Ayes 6, Noes 0, Absent 0
Moved by Representative Berceau, seconded by Representative Krusick, that
Assembly Bill 651
be recommended for passage as amended.
Ayes: (5) Representatives Owens, Kestell, Friske, Berceau and Krusick.
Noes: (1) Representative Grothman
PASSAGE AS AMENDED RECOMMENDED, Ayes 5, Noes 1, Absent 0
Jacqueline Dicks
Committee Clerk
