By Mr. Jones of North Reading, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1500) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for legislation to exclude parental consent requirements for persons who have been convicted of murdering the other parent.  The Judiciary.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

Mary S. Rogeness

George N. Peterson, Jr.

John A. Lepper

Viriato Manuel deMacedo

Lewis G. Evangelidis

Paul K. Frost

Bradford Hill

Robert S. Hargraves

Elizabeth A. Poirier

Karyn E. Polito

Susan Williams Gifford

Richard J. Ross

Paul J. P. Loscocco

Todd M. Smola

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to improving the protection of children.

    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 26 of chapter 119 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition,  is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 54 to 59 inclusive, clause (ii) and inserting in place thereof, the following:--

(ii) the parent has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of the murder or voluntary manslaughter of another child of such parent or of the child’s other parent, of aiding, abetting, attempting, conspiring or soliciting to commit such murder or voluntary manslaughter or of an assault constituting a felony which resulted in serious bodily injury to the child, to another child of such parent or to the child’s other parent.