• Date Due: November 01, 2025
  • Author: Office of the Children's Ombudsman
  • Enabling Authority: Chapter 155 Enactment Clause 3. (Regular Session, 2025)
  • Description:
    Report on the findings and recommendations of the work group convened to determine the factors a court should consider for good cause shown to grant a petitioner's petition for relief of care and custody of a child, and shall explore the potential benefits and considerations of raising the standard of evidence for granting temporary relief of custody from the current standard of preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence. [Reporting requirements of Chapter 138, Enactment Clause 3., 2025 Acts of Assembly, are identical.]