-- Enabling parenting coordination by agreement or court order; — Amending the Commercial Arbitration Act to address family arbitrations; — integrating reproductive technologies into determining a child's legal parents; — Replacing the terms «
custody» and «access» with «guardianship» and «parenting time»; — Defining «guardianship» through a list
of «parental responsibilities» that can be allocated to allow for more customized parenting arrangements; — Extending the legislative property division regime to common - law spouses who have lived together for two years in a marriage - like relationship or who are in marriage - like relationship
of some permanence and have children together; — Excluding
certain types of property (e.g. pre-relationship property, gifts, and inheritances) from the pool
of family property to be divided 50 - 50; and — Providing that debts are subject to equal division.
An exception exists if their
custody order specifies other provisions for this
type of situation, and a shorter period
of notice is acceptable under
certain circumstances.