Senate Bill 564 was read first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary on January 20, 2011. The synopsis of this bill is as follows;
“Provides that a county domestic violence fatality review team shall review cases in which a person who committed suicide was a victim of an act of domestic violence. Permits a court to require a noncustodial parent who has been convicted of certain crimes of domestic violence to require the parent to attend a batterer’s intervention program certified by the Indiana coalition against domestic violence as a condition of receiving unsupervised visitation time. Adds additional crimes to the definition of a “crime involving domestic or family violence”, and makes a person convicted of a Class D felony that is a crime involving domestic or family violence ineligible for alternative misdemeanor sentencing. Requires that a batterer’s intervention program to which a court may order a person to attend must be certified by the Indiana coalition against domestic violence.”
This bill is sponsored by Senators Vanessa Becker, Joe Zakas and John Broden.
I have two concerns about this bill. First, it specifically names the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence [ICADV], a private non-profit corporation, as the deciding authority for the batterer’s intervention program. more
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