AMENDMENT(S) PROPOSED BY THE SENATE

COURTS OF JUSTICE

1. Line 68, introduced, after (iv) based on

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a preponderance of the

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clear and convincing

COURTS OF JUSTICE

3. Line 225, introduced, after the parent has

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subject

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subjected

SEN. MIMS

1. Line 73, introduced

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means abandonment, torture, chronic abuse, sexual abuse and similar seriously harmful acts.

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means abandonment which involves substantial risk of death, torture, chronic or severe abuse, or chronic or severe sexual abuse, if the victim of such conduct was a child of the parent or child with whom the parent resided at the time such conduct occurred, including the failure to protect such a child from such conduct, which conduct or failure to protect: (i) evinces a wanton or depraved indifference to human life, or (ii) has resulted in the death of such a child or in serious bodily injury to such a child. “Aggravated circumstances” may include an act or omission that occurred only once, but otherwise meets the definition set forth in the preceding sentence.

SEN. MIMS

2. Line 229, introduced, after abandonment

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, torture, chronic abuse, sexual abuse and similar seriously harmful acts.

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which involves substantial risk of death, torture, chronic or severe abuse, or chronic or severe sexual abuse, if the victim of such conduct was a child of the parent or a child with whom the parent resided at the time such conduct occurred, including the failure to protect such a child from such conduct, which conduct or failure to protect: (i) evinces a wanton or depraved indifference to human life, or (ii) has resulted in the death of such a child or in serious bodily injury to such a child. “Aggravated circumstances” may include an act or omission that occurred only once, but otherwise meets the definition set forth in the preceding sentence.