- Title
- Family Law - Grounds for Divorce
- Sponsored by
- Delegate Atterbeary
- Status
- In the House - Hearing 1/14 at 1:30 p.m.
- Analysis
- Fiscal and Policy Note
Synopsis
Altering certain grounds for a limited divorce and an absolute divorce; authorizing the court to decree a limited divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences, if the marriage is irretrievably broken and there is no reasonable expectation of reconciliation; and authorizing the court to decree an absolute divorce on the ground of completion of a 6-month waiting period, if one of the parties has filed for a limited divorce under a certain section of the Act at least 6 months before the filing of the application for divorce.
Committees
- Original:
- Judiciary
Details
Introduced in a prior session as: HB0080 Session: 2020 Regular Session
Bill File Type: Pre-Filed
Effective Date(s): October 1, 2021
Last Updated: 1/18/2021 4:23 PM