CHAPTER NUMBER: 516
File Code: Family Law
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Cane, Boschert, Cadden, Eckardt, Klausmeier,
Mohorovic, Oaks, Owings, Sophocleus, and Walkup
- Entitled:
-
Family Law - Adoption - Recognition of Foreign Adoption Decrees
Providing that specified provisions of law may not be construed to
require a specified adopting parent to file a petition for adoption;
providing that a specified provision applies only if an adopting
parent chooses to file a petition; requiring foreign adoption decrees
to be given full recognition and effect in this State under specified
circumstances; etc.
House Action
- 1/28
- First Reading Judiciary
- 1/30
- Hearing 2/13 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 2/26
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 2/28
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- 4/1
- Returned Passed
- 5/16
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 516
Senate Action
- 3/1
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/20
- Hearing 3/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/3
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 4/1
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate David G. Boschert, District 33
- Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8
- Delegate Jacob J. Mohorovic, Jr., District 7
- Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
- Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
- Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32
- Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADOPTION
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS -see also- FOREIGN TRADE
- PETITIONS
- VITAL RECORDS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Family Law
- (
5-313.1 ,
5-326 ,
5-326.1
)
- Health - General
- (
4-211
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 742611/1 (PDF) Offered on: February 26, 2002 at:
10:31 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- February 28, 2002: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- Senate
- April 2, 2002: Third Reading Passed (46-0)