EMERGENCY BILL
File Code: Family Law
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1422/00 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Montague and Doory
- Entitled:
-
Family Law - Adoption and Guardianship - Objection by Child to
Termination of Parental Rights
Limiting the circumstances under which a child who is the subject of a
petition for guardianship with the right to consent to adoption is
entitled to receive notice of and to object to the petition;
establishing that, except under specified circumstances, a court may
grant a decree awarding guardianship only with the consent of the
child who is the subject of the petition if the child is at least 10
years old on the date the petition for guardianship is filed; etc.
House Action
- 2/8
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/13
- Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/12
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
- Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADOPTION
- ATTORNEYS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
- GUARDIANS
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- NOTICES
- PETITIONS
- REPORTS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Family Law
- (
5-313 ,
5-317 ,
5-317 ,
5-319 ,
5-322
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered