NC to hold public hearing on the Child Status bill

THE National Council’s Standing Committee on Gender, Youth and Information is to hold a three-day public hearing on the Children’s Status Bill.

The committee wants comments on whether the following sections sufficiently promote the purpose and principle of the Bill Section 1: Definition of ‘child’, Section 5: Review of Certain Decisions, Section 9: Presumption of Paternity, Section 11: Custody, Section 12: Guardianship, Section 13: Access, Section 18: Custody on Death of Custodian, and Section 19: Guardianship on Death of Guardian. The National Council referred the bill to the committee on November 30.Members of the public are invited to make written or oral submissions on the bill before February 9.Written submissions should not be longer than five pages.The bill aims to provide equal treatment for children born inside marriage or outside of marriage as well as on matters related to custody, access, guardianship and inheritance in relation to children born outside of marriage.The hearing will take place from February 15 to 17 in the Blue Room of the National Council.- NampaThe National Council referred the bill to the committee on November 30.Members of the public are invited to make written or oral submissions on the bill before February 9.Written submissions should not be longer than five pages.The bill aims to provide equal treatment for children born inside marriage or outside of marriage as well as on matters related to custody, access, guardianship and inheritance in relation to children born outside of marriage.The hearing will take place from February 15 to 17 in the Blue Room of the National Council.- Nampa