HOUSE BILL 422

File Code: Family Law

Sponsored By:

Delegates Shewell, DeBoy, Ali, Aumann, Barkley, Barnes, Beidle, Beitzel, Bohanan, Boteler, Branch, Bromwell, Bronrott, Burns, Cane, Carr, G. Clagett, Conway, Costa, Davis, Donoghue, Dumais, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, Glenn, Guzzone, Haddaway, Hecht, Heller, Holmes, Impallaria, James, Jennings, Kach, Kelly, King, Kipke, Kramer, Krebs, Kullen, Lafferty, Lee, Levy, Love, Malone, Manno, Mathias, McComas, McConkey, McDonough, McHale, Miller, Minnick, Montgomery, Morhaim, Norman, O'Donnell, Olszewski, Riley, Robinson, Rudolph, Schuh, Schuler, Serafini, Smigiel, Sophocleus, Sossi, Stein, Stocksdale, Stull, Tarrant, F. Turner, Valderrama, Waldstreicher, Walker, Walkup, Weir, Weldon, and Wood

Entitled:

Family Law - Child Custody and Visitation - Military Duty

Synopsis:

Requiring that any order or modification of an existing child custody or visitation order issued by a court during a specified deployment of a parent specifically reference specified information; requiring a parent, under specified circumstances, to reference specified information in a petition for child custody or visitation; requiring the court, if a specified petition is filed within a specified time after the end of a deployment, to set a hearing on the petition on an expedited basis; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occurring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used.

House Action

2/3

First Reading Judiciary

Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.

3/2

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary

3/3

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/5

Third Reading Passed (139-0)

4/5

Returned Passed

Senate Action

3/6

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

3/18

Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.

4/9

Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

4/5

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

4/6

Third Reading Passed (47-0)

Action after passage in House and Senate

5/19

Approved by the Governor

- Chapter 672

Sponsored by:

Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A

Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39

Delegate Susan L. M. Aumann, District 42

Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39

Delegate Ben Barnes, District 21

Delegate Pamela Beidle, District 32

Delegate Wendell R. Beitzel, District 1A

Delegate John L. Bohanan, Jr., District 29B

Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8

Delegate Talmadge Branch, District 45

Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8

Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A

Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr., District 18

Delegate Galen R. Clagett, District 3A

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B

Delegate Robert A. Costa, District 33B

Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25

Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Kathleen M. Dumais, District 15

Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B

Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B

Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A

Delegate William J. Frank, District 42

Delegate Ron George, District 30

Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, District 45

Delegate Guy Guzzone, District 13

Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B

Delegate Sue Hecht, District 3A

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B

Delegate Rick Impallaria, District 7

Delegate Mary-Dulany James, District 34A

Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7

Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B

Delegate Kevin Kelly, District 1B

Delegate James J. King, District 33A

Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31

Delegate Benjamin F. Kramer, District 19

Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B

Delegate Sue Kullen, District 27B

Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty, District 42

Delegate Susan C. Lee, District 16

Delegate Murray D. Levy, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate James E. Malone, Jr., District 12A

Delegate Roger P. Manno, District 19

Delegate James N. Mathias, Jr., District 38B

Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B

Delegate Tony McConkey, District 33A

Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 46

Delegate Warren E. Miller, District 9A

Delegate Joseph J. Minnick, District 6

Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate H. Wayne Norman, District 35A

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr., District 6

Delegate B. Daniel Riley, District 34A

Delegate Barbara Robinson, District 40

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B

Delegate Steven R. Schuh, District 31

Delegate Todd Schuler, District 8

Delegate Andrew A. Serafini, District 2A

Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36

Delegate Theodore Sophocleus, District 32

Delegate Richard A. Sossi, District 36

Delegate Dana Stein, District 11

Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5A

Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A

Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13

Delegate Kriselda Valderrama, District 26

Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18

Delegate Jay Walker, District 26

Delegate Mary Roe Walkup, District 36

Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr., District 6

Delegate Richard B. Weldon, Jr., District 3B

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Armed Forces -see also- Militia

Child Custody

Courts -see also- Circuit; Appeals; District; Orphans`; etc.

Disclosure

Family Law -see also- Adoption; Annulment; Divorce; etc

Minors -see also- Age of Majority; Youth

Petitions

Bill affects the following Statute:

Family Law

( 9-107 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):

House

Number: 342412/02     Offered on: March 3, 2009   at: 10:23 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

March 5, 2009: Third Reading Passed (139-0)

Senate

April 6, 2009: Third Reading Passed (47-0)