File Code: Domestic Abuse
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 424
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Hecht, Bobo, Clagett, Elliott, Grosfeld, Mandel,
Nathan-Pulliam, Pitkin, Snodgrass, Stup, Workman, Howard, and Donoghue
- Entitled:
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Divorce Actions - Additional Filing Fee for Domestic Violence Programs
Requiring the clerk of a circuit court to collect an additional $75
filing fee for docketing an action for a limited or absolute divorce;
requiring the clerk to pay the proceeds from the additional fee to the
county each month; requiring the proceeds to be used in addition to
specified funds to fund domestic violence programs; and requiring the
county to prepare and make available a specified annual report.
House Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/19
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate Sharon Grosfeld, District 18
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate Adrienne Mandel, District 19
- Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
- Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
- Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
- Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3
- Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CIRCUIT COURTS
- CLERKS OF COURT
- COUNTIES
- COURTS - COSTS
- DIVORCE -see also- ANNULMENT
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION, DIVORCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- REPORTS -see also- RECORDS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
7-202
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available