SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1683 FILED ON: 1/18/2013 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 816 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Bruce E. Tarr _______________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying: An act protecting victims of sexual assault. _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1683 FILED ON: 1/18/2013 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 816 By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 816) of Bruce E. Tarr and Bradley H. Jones, Jr. for legislation to protect victims of sexual assault relative to child visitation. The Judiciary. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An act protecting victims of sexual assault.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10 of chapter 209C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (e) the following subsection:- “(f) In a proceeding in which visitation of a child is being sought by a natural parent, if the child was conceived through the commission of a felony rape, the natural parent who committed the felony rape shall be denied visitation rights and contact with the child.” |
