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A Delaware session law adds mail with proof of delivery to the methods listed for obtaining jurisdiction over a respondent in a support proceeding. The act’s effective date remains to be verified.
Supreme Court Order 2051 amends the mandatory appointment rule and states a September 20, 2026 effective date.
Effective September 20, 2026Act 41 of 2026 updates the Child Protective Services Law’s promoting-prostitution reference alongside a reorganization and grade change for the offense involving a minor.
Effective September 18, 2026Act 136-2026 amends Civil Code article 619A on requests by grandparents and aunts or uncles for contact with a nonemancipated minor.
The July 2026 guideline compilation sets the self-support reserve at $1,729 and changes its formula to 130% of the federal poverty guideline.
The Eleventh District reversed an order blocking a residential parent’s move after the court applied the relocation-notice statute to the wrong question.
A 2026 act adds agreement on sharing a child’s images digitally on social media to parenting-plan contents, effective January 2027.
Effective January 1, 2027The Supreme Court adopted revisions to parallel parent guardian ad litem guidelines and forms, effective January 1, 2027.
Effective January 1, 2027A possession order awarding the other parent more time conflicted with the jury’s assignment of the exclusive right to designate the children’s primary residence.
The 2026 law adds dating violence to the address-confidentiality program and calls for a study of a proposed 911 alert system.
Effective July 1, 2026A Hawaiʻi Supreme Court order amended Family Court Rules 6 and 77 effective July 1, 2026, revising holiday terminology for time computation and clerk-office hours.
Effective July 1, 2026Hamilton addresses notice before a court relies on a disputed fact from a separate custody case and the timing of a modification decision.
Rule amendments address minors as parties in protection-from-abuse matters and update a separate reference to child-protection procedure.
Effective June 1, 2026Act 130 establishes judicial-authorization rules for certain minor parents and adds a consideration for deviations from child-support guidelines.
Effective August 1, 2026The Third Department reversed dismissal of a custody petition and a temporary transfer of custody without a hearing.
A 2026 act permits supplemental faith-based activities in batterers’ intervention programs while prohibiting required participation in those activities.
Effective July 1, 2026The court removed a restriction on a parent’s ability to take children to church camp during parenting time.
Chapter 71 adds a children qualifier to the dissolution and legal-separation proceedings covered by the public-authority notice statute.
Effective July 1, 2026Act 163 adds qualifying emergency medical services providers to the voluntary-delivery framework and specifies related duties.
Effective July 1, 2026The court reversed an imputation of financial capacity imposed for discovery noncompliance in a child-support review and remanded.
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