Delaware · LegislationA Delaware session law adds mail with proof of delivery to the methods listed for obtaining jurisdiction over a respondent in a support proceeding. The act’s effective date remains to be verified.
Alaska · Court rulesSupreme Court Order 2051 amends the mandatory appointment rule and states a September 20, 2026 effective date.
Effective September 20, 2026 Pennsylvania · LegislationAct 41 of 2026 updates the Child Protective Services Law’s promoting-prostitution reference alongside a reorganization and grade change for the offense involving a minor.
Effective September 18, 2026 Puerto Rico · LegislationAct 136-2026 amends Civil Code article 619A on requests by grandparents and aunts or uncles for contact with a nonemancipated minor.
Oregon · ReportThe July 2026 guideline compilation sets the self-support reserve at $1,729 and changes its formula to 130% of the federal poverty guideline.
Ohio · DecisionsThe Eleventh District reversed an order blocking a residential parent’s move after the court applied the relocation-notice statute to the wrong question.
New Hampshire · LegislationA 2026 act adds agreement on sharing a child’s images digitally on social media to parenting-plan contents, effective January 2027.
Effective January 1, 2027 Nebraska · Court rulesThe Supreme Court adopted revisions to parallel parent guardian ad litem guidelines and forms, effective January 1, 2027.
Effective January 1, 2027 Texas · DecisionsA possession order awarding the other parent more time conflicted with the jury’s assignment of the exclusive right to designate the children’s primary residence.
Florida · LegislationThe 2026 law adds dating violence to the address-confidentiality program and calls for a study of a proposed 911 alert system.
Effective July 1, 2026 Hawaii · Court rulesA Hawaiʻi Supreme Court order amended Family Court Rules 6 and 77 effective July 1, 2026, revising holiday terminology for time computation and clerk-office hours.
Effective July 1, 2026 Connecticut · DecisionsHamilton addresses notice before a court relies on a disputed fact from a separate custody case and the timing of a modification decision.
Maine · Court rulesRule amendments address minors as parties in protection-from-abuse matters and update a separate reference to child-protection procedure.
Effective June 1, 2026 Louisiana · LegislationAct 130 establishes judicial-authorization rules for certain minor parents and adds a consideration for deviations from child-support guidelines.
Effective August 1, 2026 New York · DecisionsThe Third Department reversed dismissal of a custody petition and a temporary transfer of custody without a hearing.
Florida · LegislationA 2026 act permits supplemental faith-based activities in batterers’ intervention programs while prohibiting required participation in those activities.
Effective July 1, 2026 Nebraska · DecisionsThe court removed a restriction on a parent’s ability to take children to church camp during parenting time.
Minnesota · LegislationChapter 71 adds a children qualifier to the dissolution and legal-separation proceedings covered by the public-authority notice statute.
Effective July 1, 2026 Arkansas · LegislationAct 163 adds qualifying emergency medical services providers to the voluntary-delivery framework and specifies related duties.
Effective July 1, 2026 Puerto Rico · DecisionsThe court reversed an imputation of financial capacity imposed for discovery noncompliance in a child-support review and remanded.