Michigan's HB 4564

From the Equal Parenting Bike Trek folks, this site. This is the bill pending in Michigan's House. Currently it is in the Family and Children's Services Committee. The members of this committee are shown here (.pdf file) on their latest minutes report:

"Members present: Reps. Clack, Dean, Hammon, Wojno, Sheen.
Members absent/excused: Reps. Accavitti, Stahl, Hoogendyk, Palmer."

MI House reps' contact info. is here.

You know what to do. :)

(Click "read more" for the bill's opening text.)

'THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 6a. (1) In a custody dispute between parents, the court shall order joint custody unless either of the following applies:
(a) The court determines by clear and convincing evidence that a parent is unfit, unwilling, or unable to care for the child.
(b) A parent moves his or her residence outside the school district that the child attended during the 1-year period preceding the initiation of the action and is unable to maintain the child's school schedule without interruption. If a parent is unable to maintain the child's school schedule, the court shall order that the parents submit the dispute to mediation to determine a custody agreement that maximizes both parents' ability to participate equally in a relationship with the child while accommodating the child's school schedule. A parent may restore joint custody by demonstrating the ability to maintain the child's school schedule.'