The State House Judiciary Committee has passed a bill drafted by State Representative Josh Kail that would provide parents with precious time with their children that was unfairly taken from them. Representative Kail tells Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak that House Bill 437 addresses violations of custody orders by giving the courts the power to temporarily modify the schedule without creating a new custody order…

Kail says that if one party keeps the children for an extra week, the bill would allow a judge to award the other party who has missed that time the week that he or she is owed…

Kail says under current law, if one parent breaks the custody order, there is no mechanism to give that time back to the other parent without a new custody order…

The bill now moves to the full House for consideration…and Kail says he’s hopeful it has enough support to pass: