1997 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 1025

File Code: Family Law Prior Year Introduction As: SB 532/93 - JPR
Sponsored By:
Delegate Palumbo
Entitled:
Child Custody and Visitation - Child Abduction

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a relative who has knowledge that another individual has lawful visitation rights with a child from abducting, taking, or carrying away a child to a place or harboring or hiding that child in a place within or outside the State or acting as an accessory to a prohibited act under the provisions of the Act; altering the age of a child, from under the age of 12 years to under the age of 16 years, to which the provisions related to child abduction apply; and setting penalties.

Legislative History

House Action
2/3
First Reading Judiciary
2/5
Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
3/3
Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Richard A. Palumbo, District 22A
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
ABDUCTION
CHILD CUSTODY
FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
PENALTIES
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Family Law
( 9-301 , 9-302 , 9-303 , 9-304 , 9-305 , 9-306 , 9-307 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)