2000 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 876

File Code: Family Law
Sponsored By:
Delegates Gladden and Montague
Entitled:
Family Law - Paternity Proceedings - Legitimacy Presumption

Synopsis:

Establishing that a laboratory report of a blood or genetic test is sufficient to rebut the legitimacy presumption in paternity proceedings if definite exclusion is established or the testing is sufficiently extensive to exclude 97.3% of alleged fathers who are not biological fathers, and the statistical probability of the alleged father's paternity is at least 97.3%.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/11
First Reading Judiciary
2/16
Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
3/10
Hearing cancelled
3/13
Withdrawn
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CHEMICAL TESTS
EVIDENCE
FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
GENETICS
LABORATORIES
PATERNITY
REPORTS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Family Law
( 5-1027 , 5-1029 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Not available at this time
Amendments: None offered