CHAPTER NUMBER: 391
File Code: Family Law
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 42/98 - JUD
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 406
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Grosfeld, T. Murphy, Turner, and Barkley
- Entitled:
-
Family Law - Award of Expenses
Adding absolute divorce, limited divorce, and property disposition in
annulment or 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 certain factors before making an award; authorizing
the court to award reimbursement for certain expenses previously paid;
and providing for the payment of counsel fees directly to certain
persons.
House Action
- 1/20
- First Reading Judiciary
- 1/27
- Hearing 2/9 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/15
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- 2/16
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 2/18
- Third Reading Passed (121-10)
- 4/8
- Return Passed
- 5/13
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 391
Senate Action
- 2/19
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/9
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/7
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/9
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ATTORNEYS -see also- LEGAL AID; STATE'S ATTORNEYS
- 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:
None offered
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- February 18, 1999: Third Reading Passed (121-10)
- Senate
- April 9, 1999: Third Reading Passed (47-0)