File Code: Family Law
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1158/03 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate O'Donnell
- Entitled:
-
Children - Joint Legal Custody and Equal Parenting Time - Preference
Requiring a court in specified child custody proceedings involving the
parents of a child to first consider an award of joint legal custody
and physical custody of the child for approximately equal periods of
time for each parent; requiring a court to make a written finding or
specific finding on the record if the court does not make such an
award; and providing that the Act does not preclude the court's
consideration of other provisions of the law.
House Action
- 2/13
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/25
- Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/27
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Special Order after Third Reading calendar (Delegate Doory) Adopted
- Recommit to Committee Judiciary (Delegate Vallario)
Senate Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHILD CUSTODY
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Family Law
- (
9-107
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 282015/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 27, 2004 at:
3:44 p.m. Status: Adopted