(1)
- (a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (4) and subject to Subsection (3), a deploying parent shall in a record notify the other parent of a pending deployment not later than seven days after receiving notice of deployment unless reasonably prevented from doing so by the circumstances of service.
- (b) If the circumstances of service prevent giving notification within the seven days, the deploying parent shall give the notification as soon as reasonably possible.
(2)
- (a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (4) and subject to Subsection (3), each parent shall in a record provide the other parent with a plan for fulfilling that parent's share of custodial responsibility during deployment.
- (b) Each parent shall provide the plan as soon as reasonably possible after notification of deployment is given under Subsection (1).
(3)
- (a) If a court order currently in effect prohibits disclosure of the address or contact information of the other parent, notification of deployment under Subsection (1), or notification of a plan for custodial responsibility during deployment under Subsection (2), may be made only to the issuing court.
- (b) If the address of the other parent is available to the issuing court, the court shall forward the notification to the other parent.
- (c) The court shall keep confidential the address or contact information of the other parent.
- (4) Notification in a record under Subsection (1) or (2) is not required if the parents are living in the same residence and both parents have actual notice of the deployment or plan.
- (5) In a proceeding regarding custodial responsibility, a court may consider the reasonableness of a parent's efforts to comply with this section.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session