Amendment ID: S1892-6-R1

Redraft Amendment 6

Parental Rights

Messrs. Tarr and Ross move to amend the bill by inserting after section 3 the following 2 sections:-

“SECTION 3A. Subsection (a) of section 3 of chapter 209C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- No court shall make an order providing visitation rights to a parent who was convicted of rape and is seeking to obtain visitation with the child who was conceived during the commission of that rape.

SECTION 3B. The first paragraph of subsection (e) of section 10 of said chapter 209C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- For the purposes of this section, if the child was conceived during the commission of a rape and the parent was convicted of said rape, said conviction shall be conclusive evidence of a serious incident of abuse by the convicted parent.”