Provisions related to parenting time determinations amended.
This bill amends Minnesota's family law guidelines for determining parenting time and custody by updating the factors courts must consider when evaluating a child's best interests. It requires judges to make detailed findings on each factor, prohibits gender-based preferences, and establishes a rebuttable presumption that joint legal custody is in the child's best interest unless domestic abuse has occurred between the parents. The legislation also clarifies that disability alone cannot determine custody outcomes, protects service members' children from having deployment used as the sole deciding factor, and specifies that disagreement over parenting schedules does not automatically indicate an inability to cooperate. These changes apply to all custody and parenting time determinations in Minnesota family court cases.
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Mar 2026
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Introduced Mar 16, 2026
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Peggy Scott
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