Existing law provides that it is the policy of this State to: (1) ensure that minor children have a continuing relationship with both parents after the parents have ended their relationship; (2) encourage such parents to share the rights and responsibilities of child rearing; and (3) establish that such parents have an equivalent duty to provide their minor children with necessary maintenance, care, education and support. (NRS 125C.001) Section 2 of this bill: (1) defines the term “family reunification treatment, program or service” to mean a treatment, program or service intended to facilitate or encourage a relationship between a child and an estranged or rejected parent or other immediate member of the family of the child; and (2) prohibits a court from ordering a child to enroll or participate in a family reunification treatment, program or service under certain circumstances.
Existing law requires the Court Administrator, at the direction of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, to arrange for the giving of instruction in certain courses designed for the training of judges. (NRS 3.027) Section 3 of this bill likewise: (1) requires the Court Administrator to arrange for the giving of instruction in a course designed for the training of judges and certain other persons who regularly and routinely interact with persons who are involved in child custody proceedings or proceedings relating to domestic violence; and (2) provides that any such instruction must comply with certain provisions of federal law. Section 3 also requires the Court Administrator to prepare and submit an annual report concerning the instruction to the Legislature or the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary, as appropriate, on or before January 1 of each year.