Montana · DecisionsThe Montana Supreme Court reversed a parenting-plan amendment entered without the required evidentiary hearing and remanded for further proceedings. It did not decide whether the amended plan served the children’s best interests.
Colorado · Court rulesColorado Rule Change 2026(11) amends Rules 1(a) and 16.2(a) to direct actions involving the defined child-custody proceeding to Chapter 28.3 procedures.
Tennessee · LegislationPublic Chapter 683 adds a consideration concerning meaningful opportunities for each parent while expressly stating that it creates no parenting-time presumption.
Effective July 1, 2026 Nebraska · LegislationLB 965 adds a specified evidence consideration to the nonexclusive best-interests factors.
Effective July 18, 2026 Nebraska · LegislationLB 1032 establishes a procedure for recognizing and enforcing tribal customary adoptions.
Effective July 18, 2026 Nebraska · LegislationLB 935 provides a defined genetic-testing route and specifies its application to pending and new cases.
Effective April 15, 2026 Nebraska · LegislationLB 753 makes military protective orders admissible for specified purposes in protection-order hearings.
Effective July 18, 2026 Nebraska · LegislationLB 596 replaces the four-week adult publication requirement with two consecutive weeks.
Effective July 18, 2026 Maryland · LegislationChapter 868 caps certain deductions at 35% of disposable earnings for obligors below an income threshold and updates a related administrative-contest reference; effective October 1, 2028.
Effective October 1, 2028 Kentucky · LegislationChapter 92 requires written findings concerning specified abuse allegations before consideration of other custody factors.
Effective July 15, 2026 Mississippi · LegislationHB 1662 creates a rebuttable presumption of joint custody with equally shared parenting time, subject to express limits.
Effective July 1, 2026 Missouri · LegislationA 2026 act states that pregnancy status shall not prevent entry of a dissolution or legal-separation judgment.
Effective August 28, 2026 Oklahoma · Court rulesThe corrected Rule 15 order adds an initial in-camera request and specifies deadlines and review steps for motions to disqualify or recuse a trial judge.
Effective June 1, 2026 West Virginia · LegislationA 2026 act adds step-sibling contact under specified conditions to an existing objective addressing meaningful sibling contact.
Effective June 11, 2026 Idaho · LegislationA 2026 act defines visitation, sets conditions for certain in-person visits after substantiated abuse, and adds a termination condition.
Effective July 1, 2026 Utah · LegislationSenate Bill 257 revises holiday, summer and remote-contact provisions in the relocation parent-time statute.
Effective May 6, 2026 Nebraska · DecisionsPost-decree sales of restricted stock units supported a modification on this record.
South Dakota · LegislationHouse Bill 1045 includes new provisions for service of referee notices and the record sent to court after an objection.
Alabama · LegislationAct 2026-237 sets a six-month rule for certain temporary emergency custody determinations.
Effective October 1, 2026 Nevada · DecisionsGill v. Gill reverses a jurisdictional dismissal while leaving the appropriate-forum question for further proceedings.