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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to family law; increasing the parenting time presumption;amending <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 518.131, subdivision 7; 518.175, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 518.131, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Guiding factors.</b> The court shall be guided by the factors set forth in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>chapter 518A (concerning child support), and sections 
         <statute_ref>518.552</statute_ref> (concerning maintenance), <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>518.17
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>518.175</statute_ref> (concerning custody and parenting time and the presumption of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>minimum parenting time), and 
         <statute_ref>518.14</statute_ref> (concerning costs and attorney fees) in making <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>temporary orders and restraining orders.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 518.175, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>General.</b> (a) In all proceedings for dissolution or legal separation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>subsequent to the commencement of the proceeding and continuing thereafter during <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>the minority of the child, the court shall, upon the request of either parent, grant such <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>parenting time on behalf of the child and a parent as will enable the child and the parent to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>maintain a child to parent relationship that will be in the best interests of the child.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the court finds, after a hearing, that parenting time with a parent is likely <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>to endanger the child's physical or emotional health or impair the child's emotional <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>development, the court shall restrict parenting time with that parent as to time, place, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>duration, or supervision and may deny parenting time entirely, as the circumstances <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>warrant. The court shall consider the age of the child and the child's relationship with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>parent prior to the commencement of the proceeding.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A parent's failure to pay support because of the parent's inability to do so shall not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>sufficient cause for denial of parenting time.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The court may provide that a law enforcement officer or other appropriate person <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>will accompany a party seeking to enforce or comply with parenting time.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Upon request of either party, to the extent practicable an order for parenting <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>time must include a specific schedule for parenting time, including the frequency and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>duration of visitation and visitation during holidays and vacations, unless parenting time <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>is restricted, denied, or reserved.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The court administrator shall provide a form for a pro se motion regarding <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>parenting time disputes, which includes provisions for indicating the relief requested, an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>affidavit in which the party may state the facts of the dispute, and a brief description of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>the parenting time expeditor process under section 
         <statute_ref>518.1751</statute_ref>. The form may not include <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>a request for a change of custody. The court shall provide instructions on serving and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>filing the motion.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) In the absence of other evidence, there is a rebuttable presumption that a parent is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>entitled to receive at least 25 35 percent of the parenting time for the child. For purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>of this paragraph, the percentage of parenting time may be determined by calculating the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>number of overnights that a child spends with a parent or by using a method other than <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>overnights if the parent has significant time periods on separate days when the child is in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>the parent's physical custody but does not stay overnight. The court may consider the age <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>of the child in determining whether a child is with a parent for a significant period of time.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Section 2 is effective July 1, 2013, and applies to orders adopted or modified <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>on or after that date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) There must be no modification of an existing parenting time order based on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>amendment to the parenting time presumption under section 2 until July 1, 2014, unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>the child's environment presently endangers the child's physical or emotional health or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>impairs the child's emotional development.<br />
         		
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