Divorce Prevention Legislation

North Dakota Reform bill turned into a study, passes senate

The Senate Judiciary Committee was mostly against the original SB  2367 on pre-divorce education, and turned it into a study, which was approved by the senate. Better connaisseurs of legislative language than I should tell us who "the legislative management is", and what, if anything, happens when the legislature says  the legislative management shall consider studying" something.

Further status reports and textual massages at http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/bill-index/bi2367.html

TEXT THAT PASSED SENATE:
A BILL to provide for a legislative management study relating to divorce reform and education.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - DIVORCE REFORM AND EDUCATION. During the 2011-12 interim, the legislative management shall consider studying the physical, emotional, and financial effects associated with divorce involving dependentchildren. The legislative management shall offer legislative policy solutions, including divorc ereform legislation and marriage and relational education, which will lead to increasing the number of dependent children living in intact families. The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement therecommendations, to the sixty-third legislative assembly.

N.D. divorce waiting period/counseling bill

SB 2367 -  Relating to a waiting period for divorce and to mandatory marital counseling. 12 month waiting period before a divorce would be granted, when children are a part of the family. Mandatory counseling would be required before the divorce would be granted after the 12 month period.

Text and Status

North Dakota bill to counteract marriage penalty in federal taxes

HB 1072 passed the house 94-0, now in Senate. Introduced by Rep. Nathe, Belter, L. Meier, Porter Introduced by Sen. Cook, Hogue (At the request of the Tax Commissioner) A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an income tax deduction to remove the marriage penalty contained in the federal standard deduction for married persons filing jointly; and to provide an effective date.        

Text and current status