HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE: 10:00 AM, Thursday, March 15, 2012 

PLACE:       E2.010 
CHAIR:       Rep. Jim Jackson 

The Committee will hear invited testimony on the following interim charges:

Study the potential effects on victims of family and domestic violence in the judicial process if courts are allowed to issue agreed protective orders without a finding of violence.

Study and make recommendations regarding the discrepancies in guardianship and child custody statutes. Review potential solutions to the problems surrounding "arbitrary and capricious" findings by trial court judges.