A 950 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Establishes "Monica's Law" requiring evidence-based risk assessments in certain domestic violence cases.

Monica's Law (A950) requires courts to use evidence-based risk assessments in domestic violence cases involving child safety. It mandates the development of a standardized parenting time questionnaire for parents concerned about a child's safety and an evidence-based risk guide for judges to use when determining parenting time arrangements. In cases where a parent claims safety concerns due to the other parent's violent behavior, courts must temporarily restrict parenting time while the questionnaire is completed, with options including court-supervised time or time away from the other parent. The bill also requires the Attorney General to develop a risk assessment tool for law enforcement to evaluate the likelihood of future violence in domestic violence cases.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
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