1996 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 337

File Code: Family Law
Sponsored By:
Delegates Grosfeld, Conroy, Cummings, Valderrama, Howard, Hixson, Kopp, Heller, R. Baker, Pendergrass, Hecht, Workman, Petzold, Franchot, Cryor, Frush, Goldwater, Pitkin, Menes, Parker, Snodgrass, Turner, Hutchins, Hubbard, Shriver, Ciliberti, Mossburg, McIntosh, Brinkley, Hurson, Jacobs, Genn, Dypski, and Marriott
Entitled:
Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Constructive Desertion

Synopsis:

Codifying constructive desertion as a ground for absolute divorce; and eliminating the 12-month waiting period as an element of the ground of constructive desertion.

Legislative History

House Action
1/25
First Reading Judiciary
1/31
Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
2/26
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Sharon Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
Delegate Barrie S. Ciliberti, District 39
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Jean Cryor, District 15
Delegate Elijah E. Cummings, District 44
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16
Delegate Marilyn Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28
Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Mathew Mossburg, District 39
Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10
Delegate Shane Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
DIVORCE -see also- ANNULMENT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION, DIVORCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Bill affects the following Statute:
Family Law
( 7-103 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available