File Code: Family Law
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 189/98 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Menes
- Entitled:
-
Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - First
Degree Murder
Prohibiting a court, unless good cause is shown by clear and
convincing evidence, from awarding custody of a child or visitation
with a child to a parent who has been found guilty of first degree
murder of the other parent of the child, another child of the parent,
or any individual who resides in the household of the parent, except
under specified circumstances; and authorizing a court to approve a
supervised visitation arrangement under specified circumstances.
House Action
- 08/27
- Pre-filed
- 1/13
- First Reading Judiciary
- 1/27
- Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/15
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 2/16
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/18
- Third Reading Passed (123-6)
- 4/5
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Montague, Griffith, and Boschert
Senate Action
- 2/19
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/24
- Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/7
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/7
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-1)
- 4/9
- Senate Refuses to Recede
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHILD CUSTODY
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- MANSLAUGHTER
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
- MURDER
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Family Law
- (
9-101.2
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 602204/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 16, 1999 at:
10:38 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 258260/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 7, 1999 at:
10:57 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- February 18, 1999: Third Reading Passed (123-6)
- Senate
- April 7, 1999: Third Reading Passed (46-1)