File Code: Family Law
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 86/06
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 505
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Dumais, Ali, Barkley, Barve, Beidle, Benson, Bobo, Bronrott,
Doory, Eckardt, Elmore, Feldman, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Goldwater, Griffith,
Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hucker,
Ivey, Jameson, Jones, Kaiser, N. King, Kirk, Kramer, Krysiak, Kullen, Lawton,
Lee, Love, Manno, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Rice,
Taylor, F. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled:
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Family Law - Protective Orders - Burden of Persuasion
Changing the standard of proof, from clear and convincing evidence to
a preponderance of the evidence, by which a judge in a protective
order hearing must find that abuse has occurred before the judge may
grant a final protective order.
House Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/15 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/5
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15
- Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39
- Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Pamela Beidle, District 32
- Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
- Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37
- Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
- Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, District 22
- Delegate Jim Gilchrist, District 17
- Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
- Delegate Melony G. Griffith, District 25
- Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
- Delegate Guy Guzzone, District 13
- Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
- Delegate Anne Healey, District 22
- Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3A
- Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
- Delegate Sheila E. Hixson, District 20
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20
- Delegate Jolene Ivey, District 47
- Delegate Sally Jameson, District 28
- Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
- Delegate Nancy J. King, District 39
- Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
- Delegate Benjamin F. Kramer, District 19
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B
- Delegate Jane E. Lawton, District 18
- Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16
- Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
- Delegate Roger Manno, District 19
- Delegate Maggie McIntosh, District 43
- Delegate Heather Mizeur, District 20
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Joseline Pena-Melnyk, District 21
- Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13
- Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
- Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
- Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26
- Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Courts -see also- Circuit; Appeals; District; Orphans'; etc.
- Domestic Violence -see also- Child Abuse & Neglect
- Evidence
- Protection Orders
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Family Law
- (
4-506
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered