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     Section 1. No divorce may be granted for the cause of irreconcilable differences if the parties to the divorce are expecting a child or are parents to any child under eighteen years of age, unless the parties to the divorce undertake, within sixty days after the filing of the petition, counseling education classes focusing on the current and future potential negative impact on children of divorce. Each judicial district shall certify approved courses for parties required to participate in a course

under this section. Approved courses may include those provided by a public or private entity.

     Section 2. Any person providing the counseling education classes shall use curriculum that focuses specifically on the negative impact of divorce on children. The person providing the counseling education classes shall provide the participating party with a certificate of completion or a letter of verification or some other written documentation indicating successful completion of the counseling education classes. The person providing counseling education classes shall also provide to the party a list of resources for mental health counseling, marital counseling, child counseling, and other support services that may be available in the community to the party and the party's children.

     Section 3. Each party undertaking a counseling education class as required by section 1 of this Act is responsible for arranging for participation in the course and for payment of the costs of participation in the course.

     Section 4. An action for divorce or separate maintenance may not be heard, tried, or determined by the court until at least sixty days have elapsed from the completed service of the counseling education class required by section 1 of this Act.

     Section 5. The court may not require the counseling education classes prescribed by section 1 of this Act if the court finds any of the following:

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     Section 1. That chapter 36-4B be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     Section 3. That chapter 36-4B be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

     Section 4. That chapter 36-4B be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:

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     Section 1. If any person is arrested for a violation of §  32-23-1 and if the arresting officer has probable cause to believe that the driver's conduct directly endangered the life of any child under the age of thirteen, either in the driver's or in another motor vehicle, or in the immediate vicinity, the arresting officer shall request and the arrested driver shall submit to a withdrawal of blood or urine to determine the presence and concentration of alcohol or other drugs or substances.

     Section 2. Nothing in section 1 of this Act restricts the right of any person to an independent chemical analysis pursuant to subdivision 32-23-10(3).

     Section 3. No person may operate any motor vehicle either while driving under the influence or driving recklessly, if, by so doing, the driver's conduct directly endangers the life of any child under the age of thirteen, either in the driver's or in another motor vehicle, or in the immediate vicinity.

Diane Mellan