1997 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 677

File Code: Family Law Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 160
Sponsored By:
Delegate Taylor and Chairman, Judiciary Committee (Family Violence Council), and Delegates Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Busch, Curran, Harrison, Hixson, Kopp, Menes, Owings, Rawlings, Hecht, Grosfeld, Montague, Love, Pendergrass, Conway, Cadden, Stup, Petzold, Nathan-Pulliam, Willis, McIntosh, Parker, Rosenberg, B. Hughes, Branch, Slade, Donoghue, Franchot, Edwards, Brinkley, Eckardt, Conroy, Bobo, Watson, Fry, Pitkin, and Hubbard
Entitled:
Family Law - Grounds for Divorce

Synopsis:

Adding cruel treatment and excessively vicious conduct as grounds for an absolute divorce.

Legislative History

House Action
1/30
First Reading Judiciary
Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
3/10
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/11
Committee Amendment Withdrawn
Substitute Committee Amendment Adopted
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Special Order 3/13 (Delegate Mandel) Adopted
3/13
Special Order 3/14 (Delegate Poole) Adopted
3/14
Special Order 3/18 (Delegate Montague) Adopted
3/18
Floor Amendment (Delegate Arnick) Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/20
Third Reading Passed (130-3)
Senate Action
3/21
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
4/3
Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
Sponsored by:
Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45
Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A
Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20
Delegate Donald C. Fry, District 35A
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Chairman, Judiciary Comm.
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate John F. Slade, III, District 29B
Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3
Delegate Carmena F. Watson, District 44
Delegate Ellen L. Willis, District 5
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 (PDF), Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:
House
Number: 242399/3 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 18, 1997 at: 11:20 Status: Adopted
Number: 791880/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 11, 1997 at: 10:37 Status: Adopted
Number: 881082/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 11, 1997 at: 10:35 Status: Withdrawn