File Code: Family Law
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Dembrow, Montague, Genn, Dypski, Fulton, Opara, Faulkner, E.
Burns, Benson, Perry, O'Donnell, Workman, and Valderrama
- Entitled:
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Family Law - Child Custody - Joint Legal Custody
Creating a rebuttable presumption of joint legal custody in initial
child custody proceedings; establishing that the presumption may be
rebutted by particular evidence; requiring a court to make residential
arrangements for a child if the court awards joint legal custody;
requiring a court to award sole custody of a child if joint custody is
not awarded; etc.
House Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/5
- Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
- Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
- Delegate Patricia Anne Faulkner, District 14A
- Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40
- Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16
- Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
- Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
- Delegate Clay C. Opara, District 41
- Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33
- Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
- Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHILD CUSTODY
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Family Law
- (
9-101 ,
9-101 ,
9-101.1 ,
9-102 ,
9-102 ,
9-103 ,
9-103 ,
9-104 ,
9-105 ,
9-106
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)