File Code: Family Law
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Grosfeld, Preis, T. Murphy, and Turner
- Entitled:
-
Family Law - Award of Expenses
Adding absolute divorce, limited divorce, and property disposition in
annulment or absolute divorce to the types of proceedings in which a
court may award to either party an amount for the reasonable and
necessary expense of prosecuting or defending the proceeding;
requiring the court to consider specified factors before making an
award; authorizing the court to award reimbursement for specified
expenses previously paid; providing for the payment of counsel fees to
specified persons; and providing for the application of the Act.
House Action
- 1/15
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 1/30 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/17
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- 2/18
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Floor Committee Amendment Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/21
- Third Reading Passed (127-5)
Senate Action
- 2/24
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/12
- Hearing 3/18 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A
- Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COURT COSTS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
- DIVORCE -see also- ANNULMENT
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Family Law
- (
7-107 ,
8-214
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
- House
- Number: 401688/1 (PDF) Offered on: FEBRUARY 18, 1997 at: 10:51
Status: Adopted