2006 Regular Session
Family Law (D4)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 69
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Bates, Cadden, Cluster, Donoghue, Edwards, Elliott, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Impallaria, Kach, Krebs, Leopold, McConkey, McDonough, McMillan, Miller, Myers, O'Donnell, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, Weir, Weldon, and Wood
- Entitled
- Maryland's Marriage Protection Act
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson and Shewell
- Entitled
- Family Law - Marriage Licenses - Premarital Preparation Course
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kelley, Holmes, Parker, V. Turner, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support - Modification Hearing
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shewell, Bartlett, Cryor, Elliott, Kohl, Krebs, McComas, McKee, Quinter, Stocksdale, Stull, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Marriage - License Application - Government Issued Photo Identification Card Required
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources)
- Entitled
- Child Support Enforcement - Affidavit of Support
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Howard County Delegation
- Entitled
- Howard County - Marriage License Fee - Increase Ho. Co. 18-06
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates F. Turner, Anderson, Bobo, Branch, Carter, Conroy, Dumais, Gutierrez, James, Jones, Kelley, King, Lee, Levy, Madaleno, Mandel, McComas, Menes, Oaks, Pendergrass, Petzold, Proctor, Quinter, Rosenberg, Shewell, Simmons, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, and Vaughn
- Entitled
- Family Law - Adoption Search, Contact, and Reunion Services - Relatives and Members of the Adoptive Family
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons, Kelly, Bartlett, Elliott, Hogan, Krebs, Myers, Shank, Shewell, Stocksdale, and Stull
- Entitled
- Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - Murder Convictions
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Barkley, Bobo, Bronrott, Brown, Cryor, Feldman, Goldwater, Gutierrez, Kaiser, King, Lawton, Lee, Madaleno, Menes, Montgomery, Pendergrass, Petzold, Quinter, Rosenberg, Sophocleus, F. Turner, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Family Law - Property Disposition in Annulment or Divorce - Transfer of Real Property
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Child Support - Settlement of Arrearages - Best Interest of the Child
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support - Deviation from Child Support Guidelines
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support - Actual Income
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kach
- Entitled
- Baltimore County Historical Trust - Distribution of Marriage Ceremony Fee
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Simmons
- Entitled
- Stay of Enforcement of Appellate Decision
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support - Health Insurance
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support - Settlement of Arrearages
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais and Smigiel
- Entitled
- Family Law - Court-Appointed Lawyer for Child
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Holmes
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support - Active Duty Reserve Officers and Enlisted Reservists
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Investigations
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse Investigations - Use of Videotape
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Investigator's Training
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Petzold, Dumais, King, Lawton, Menes, and Stern
- Entitled
- Domestic Violence - Protective Orders - Surrender of Firearms
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Kullen, Benson, Gaines, Haynes, Kohl, Montgomery, Nathan-Pulliam, and Parker
- Entitled
- Family Law - Divorce - Change of Surname of Child
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Multidisciplinary Teams
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg, Patterson, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Family Law - Criminal History Records Check Costs - Waiver for Volunteers
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Permanency for Families and Children Act of 2005 - Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais and Kach
- Entitled
- Family Law - Divorce - Discussion of Postsecondary Education Expenses
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Frederick County Delegation
- Entitled
- Frederick County - Courts - Filing Fee for Divorce Proceeding
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Shank, Bartlett, and McComas
- Entitled
- Family Law - Domestic Violence - Address Confidentiality Program
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McKee
- Entitled
- Family Law - Court-Ordered Visitation - Preference of an Older Child
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Bohanan, Carter, Frush, Goodwin, Gutierrez, Haynes, Kelley, Kirk, Lee, Marriott, Menes, Paige, Petzold, Rosenberg, and Simmons
- Entitled
- Child Support Enforcement - Child Support Payment Incentive Program
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect - p Disclosure of Information
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas, Aumann, Barkley, Bartlett, Burns, Cadden, Carter, V. Clagett, Cluster, Conway, Cryor, Eckardt, Edwards, Elmore, Frank, Haddaway, Heller, Hogan, Impallaria, Jameson, Jennings, Kach, Kohl, Kullen, Levy, McDonough, McKee, Myers, O'Donnell, Ramirez, Ross, Rudolph, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stull, Trueschler, F. Turner, and Vallario
- Entitled
- Task Force on Child Custody Decisions
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Eckardt, Aumann, Boschert, Boteler, Cluster, Donoghue, Dwyer, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Haddaway, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Krebs, Mayer, McComas, McDonough, McMillan, Miller, O'Donnell, Rudolph, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Trueschler, Weir, and Wood
- Entitled
- Valid Marriages
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Kelley
- Entitled
- Divorce - Distribution of Marital Property - Equal Shares
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Risk of Abuse or Neglect
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 1509
Status as of February 15, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Boteler, McComas, Smigiel, and Cluster
- Entitled
- Family Law - Rights of Foster Parents
- Committee
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House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Zirkin
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect Records and Reports - Access by Counsel for the Child
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates O'Donnell, Aumann, Bartlett, Bates, Boschert, Boteler, Cluster, Costa, Dwyer, Eckardt, Edwards, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Gilleland, Glassman, Haddaway, Hogan, Impallaria, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, Kohl, Krebs, Leopold, Mayer, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McKee, McMillan, Miller, Myers, Parrott, Shank, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, Stull, Trueschler, Walkup, and Weldon
- Entitled
- Constitutional Amendment - Valid Marriage
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
HB 1692
Status as of March 6, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Children, Office for)
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect - Councils and Committees - Transfer
- Committee
Assignments -
House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
HB 1716
Status as of March 6, 2006: Bill is in the House - First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McMillan
- Entitled
- Marriage Amendment to the Constitution
- Committee
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House: House Rules and Executive Nominations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Mooney, Colburn, Haines, Harris, Munson, Stone, and Green
- Entitled
- Family Law - Domestic Violence - Address Confidentiality Program
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Family Law - Earnings Withholding - Notice of Change of Address or Employment
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Family Law - Earnings Withholding Orders
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Domestic Violence - Ex Parte Orders - Expungement
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Stone
- Entitled
- Child Support Enforcement Administration - Service of Notices - Time for Appeal
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Currie, Forehand, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Jones, Kelley, Klausmeier, Pinsky, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support - Deviation from Child Support Guidelines
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Haines, Forehand, and Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - Murder Convictions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Conway, Currie, Forehand, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Hollinger, Hughes, Jones, Kelley, Lawlah, McFadden, Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Family Law - Family Home or Family Use Personal Property - Termination of Order or Decree
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Dyson, Forehand, Garagiola, Hogan, Hollinger, Jimeno, Jones, Kasemeyer, Kelley, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Pinsky, Ruben, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Family Law - Protective Orders - Burden of Persuasion
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Conway, Currie, DeGrange, Della, Dyson, Exum, Forehand, Frosh, Garagiola, Giannetti, Gladden, Green, Hogan, Hollinger, Hughes, Jimeno, Jones, Kelley, Kramer, Lawlah, McFadden, Middleton, Pinsky, Ruben, Stone, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Family Law - Protective Orders - Duration of Final Order
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Brochin and Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Custody - Petition by Child to Change Custody
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Britt, Colburn, Conway, Della, Forehand, Giannetti, Green, Hollinger, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, Klausmeier, Lawlah, Middleton, and Teitelbaum
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect - Reporting by Commercial Photographic Processors and Forensic Computer Analysts
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Greenip, Colburn, Hafer, Haines, Harris, Hooper, Mooney, and Stone
- Entitled
- Family Law - Termination of Parental Rights - Child Conceived as the Result of Rape
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Greenip
- Entitled
- Maryland's Marriage Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Grosfeld and Miller
- Entitled
- Family Law - Property Disposition in Annulment or Divorce - Transfer of Real Property
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kittleman (By Request) and Senator Schrader
- Entitled
- Family Law - Motions for Modification of a Child Support Award - Hearings and Decisions
- Committee
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Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Investigator's Training
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Investigations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse Investigations - Use of Videotape
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Abuse and Neglect - Multidisciplinary Teams
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Grosfeld
- Entitled
- Family Law - Court-Appointed Lawyer for Child
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Haines, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Jacobs, Jimeno, Mooney, and Stone
- Entitled
- Valid Marriages
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chairman, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Permanency for Families and Children Act of 2005 - Revisions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Harris
- Entitled
- Constitutional Amendment - Judicial Construction of Maryland Equal Rights Amendment - Limitation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley
- Entitled
- Child Welfare - Reports of Children at Risk of Abuse or Neglect
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Green, DeGrange, Dyson, Greenip, Hooper, Jacobs, Jimeno, McFadden, Middleton, Mooney, and Stone
- Entitled
- Stay of Enforcement of Appellate Decision
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 1012
Status as of March 13, 2006: Bill is in the Senate - Re-referred Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Klausmeier
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Care - Influenza Immunization
- Committee
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Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Sponsored By
- Senator Ruben
- Entitled
- Family Law - Invalid Property Transfers Between Spouses
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
