Tennessee HB2078 amends expedited hearing procedures for parental contact restrictions in criminal cases.
Tennessee HB2078 amends Tennessee Code to require an expedited hearing within fifteen days if a bond condition affects parental contact, custody, or visitation. If the hearing is not held within this period, the bond condition is void. Before imposing or extending a bond condition that restricts parental contact, the government must prove a present and continuing threat to the child and that less restrictive alternatives are insufficient. The act presumes parental contact is in the child's best interests.
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