A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide protection for child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation.

3.0.0 6048 2022-02-03T05:20:34Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z House H HR 2008-05-14 110 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-21T19:20:02Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-05-14T14:04:34Z A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide protection for child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation. 110 1658 S 2007-06-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2008-05-21 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-05-20 15:15:27 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-05-20 15:15:24 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4202-4203) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2008-05-20 15:15:24 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4202-4203) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-20 14:54:32 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6048. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-05-20 14:54:30 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4202-4206) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-05-20 14:54:14 Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2008-05-14 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2008-05-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000463 Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-3] Michael Turner R OH R. 3 N B001250 Rep. 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00 2008-05-14 Introduced in House 2008-05-20T19:52:37Z Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members deployed in support of a contingency operation. States that if a motion for change of custody of a child of such a member is filed while the member is so deployed, no court may enter an order modifying or amending a previous child custody judgment, except if there is clear and convincing evidence that it is in the best interest of the child. Prohibits any court from considering a member's absence due to deployment, or possible deployment, in support of a contingency operation in determining the best interest of the child.

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81 2008-05-20 Passed House without amendment 2008-05-29T21:29:28Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members deployed in support of a contingency operation. States that if a motion for change of custody of a child of such a member is filed while the member is so deployed, no court may enter an order modifying or amending a previous child custody judgment, except if there is clear and convincing evidence that it is in the best interest of the child. Prohibits any court from considering a member's absence due to deployment, or possible deployment, in support of a contingency operation in determining the best interest of the child.

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To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation. Display Title To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation. Referred in Senate 2008-05-21T04:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2008-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6048eh/xml/BILLS-110hr6048eh.xml Introduced in House 2008-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6048ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6048ih.xml 2008-05-21 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.