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When a juvenile court places a child in permanent custody and guardianship with the child's other parent, current law lets the non-custodial parent later ask the court to modify that arrangement only if a substantial and material change in circumstances has occurred. This bill clarifies that this right to petition for modification applies no matter when the original custody order was issued, as long as the significant change in circumstances happened after that order was put in place. Parents whose parental rights have been fully terminated would still be barred from filing such a petition, and cases connected to an open district court custody or support matter would still need to be filed there rather than in juvenile court.