File Code: Juvenile Law
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Flanagan, Cadden, Rosenberg, Branch, Klima, and Hurson
- Entitled:
-
Children in Need of Assistance - Drug-Addicted Babies
Altering the definition of "child in need of assistance" (CINA) to
include under specified circumstances children born addicted to or
dependent on specified controlled dangerous substances or born with a
significant presence of specified controlled dangerous substances in
the blood; requiring the juvenile court to hear and rule on specified
CINA petitions within 30 days; establishing a rebuttable presumption
that it is in the best interest of a child to terminate the natural
mother's parental rights under specified circumstances; etc.
House Action
- 2/23
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/26
- Hearing 3/12 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Robert L. Flanagan, District 14B
- Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
- Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
- Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
- Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES -see also- DRUGS
- COURTS - GENERAL
- DRUGS -see also- C. D. S., DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION, DIVORCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- GUARDIANS
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- JUVENILE CAUSES
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY, JUVENILE CAUSES, YOUTH
- SOCIAL SERVICES -see also- WELFARE
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
3-801 ,
3-801 ,
3-812
)
- Family Law
- (
5-313 ,
5-313 ,
5-317 ,
5-704 ,
5-710
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available