2010 Regular Session
Family Law (D4)
Current Status of Legislation Total number of Bills: 71
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Howard
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Custody Orders
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Smigiel
- Entitled
- Domestic Violence - Requirement to Advise Respondent of Consequences of Final Protective Order
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Departmental - Human Resources)
- Entitled
- Family Law - Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Revision
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Burns
- Entitled
- Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Jurisdictions - Invalidity
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Juvenile Causes - Exceptions - Hearings
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judiciary Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Family Law - Guardianship Review Hearings - Consultation with Child
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Pena-Melnyk, Benson, Costa, Hecht, Hubbard, Kullen, Montgomery, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Commission on Surrogate Parenting
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons, Barkley, Kramer, Levi, McComas, Montgomery, Shank, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Family Law - Final Protective Order - Global Positioning Monitoring System
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons and Kramer
- Entitled
- Family Law - Grounds for Divorce
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Rosenberg and Haynes
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support Enforcement - Performance Incentive Model Office
- Committee
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House: Appropriations
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Waldstreicher, Rosenberg, Anderson, Barnes, Branch, Dumais, Ivey, Lee, Levi, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Child Support Guidelines - Revision
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Waldstreicher, Anderson, Barnes, Benson, Carr, Carter, Dumais, Frick, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Hecht, Hucker, Ivey, Kramer, Lee, Levi, Manno, Mizeur, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Simmons, Smigiel, F. Turner, V. Turner, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Domestic Violence - Protective Order - Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Simmons, Anderson, Eckardt, Lee, Smigiel, and Valderrama
- Entitled
- Domestic Violence - Domestic Violence Central Repository
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Reznik, Barkley, Bronrott, Montgomery, Rice, Rosenberg, Shewell, Benson, Costa, Donoghue, Hammen, Hubbard, Kipke, Kullen, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Riley, Tarrant, and V. Turner
- Entitled
- Angel's Law - Foster Care and Child Care - Window Coverings
- Committee
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House: Health and Government Operations
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Barnes
- Entitled
- Peace Orders and Protective Orders - Violations - Expedited Trial
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hecht, Bobo, Dumais, Eckardt, Frick, Gaines, Glenn, Gutierrez, Haddaway, Healey, Howard, Krebs, Kullen, Lee, Montgomery, and Robinson
- Entitled
- Family Law - Protective Orders - Burden of Proof
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Barnes, McIntosh, Kaiser, Mizeur, Ali, Anderson, Barkley, Barve, Bobo, Bronrott, Carr, Carter, Dumais, Feldman, Frick, Frush, Gaines, Gilchrist, Gutierrez, Guzzone, Harrison, Heller, Hixson, Hubbard, Hucker, Ivey, Kirk, Kramer, Krysiak, Lee, Manno, Montgomery, Niemann, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Ramirez, Reznik, Rice, Rosenberg, Ross, Schuler, Simmons, Stukes, F. Turner, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Conway, DeBoy, Malone, and Mathias
- Entitled
- Child Protection - Reporting of Children Living with or in the Regular Presence of Registered Child Sexual Offenders
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas, Bartlett, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Carter, Dwyer, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, George, Impallaria, Jennings, Kelly, Kipke, Krebs, McConkey, McDonough, Myers, Norman, Schuh, Schuler, Serafini, Shewell, Smigiel, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Stull
- Entitled
- Public Safety - Handgun Permits - Victims of Domestic Violence
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carter, Anderson, Carr, Dumais, Love, McComas, Montgomery, Oaks, Pena-Melnyk, Ross, Shank, Simmons, Stukes, Taylor, F. Turner, and Walker
- Entitled
- Education - Tween/Teen Dating Violence (Kristin Marie Mitchell Law)
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Ways and Means and Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carter, Howard, O'Donnell, and Shank
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Custody Determinations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McConkey and Schuler
- Entitled
- Children - Joint Legal Custody and Equal Parenting Time - Preference
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates G. Clagett, Dumais, Burns, DeBoy, Hecht, Hixson, Howard, Jameson, Kullen, Miller, Sophocleus, Stocksdale, F. Turner, and Wood
- Entitled
- Crimes - Child Endangerment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates G. Clagett, Benson, DeBoy, Hecht, Heller, Shewell, Sossi, and Stocksdale
- Entitled
- Child Support Enforcement - Interception of Abandoned Property
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conaway, Anderson, and Oaks
- Entitled
- Marriage Ceremonies - Performance by Tax Court Judges
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Heller and Vallario
- Entitled
- Family Law - Prohibited Marriages - First Cousins
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates McComas, Bartlett, Eckardt, Frank, Glenn, Impallaria, Simmons, Smigiel, and Sossi
- Entitled
- Family Law - Protective Orders - Annual Report
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dwyer, Aumann, Bates, Beitzel, Boteler, Burns, Costa, Eckardt, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, George, Haddaway, Jenkins, Jennings, King, Kipke, Krebs, McComas, Myers, Norman, O'Donnell, Schuh, Serafini, Shank, Shewell, Sossi, Stocksdale, and Stull
- Entitled
- Maryland's Marriage Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Hixson, Bobo, Dumais, Feldman, Gutierrez, Hucker, Kramer, Love, Manno, and Rice
- Entitled
- Domestic Violence - Reasonable Corporal Punishment - Limitations
- Committee
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House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, McComas, Doory, Kullen, Lee, Valderrama, and Waldstreicher
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Custody Determinations
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Dumais
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect - Disclosure of Information
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Carter, Anderson, Bates, Simmons, and Walker
- Entitled
- Denial or Dismissal of Peace Order or Protective Order Petition - Shielding of Records
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Conaway
- Entitled
- Marriage - Valid Between Consenting Adults
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Anderson
- Entitled
- Family Law - Marital Property - Military Pensions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Anderson, Branch, Harrison, Krysiak, Love, McIntosh, Oaks, Robinson, Rosenberg, and Tarrant
- Entitled
- Baltimore City - Marriage License Fee - Increase - The Carole Alexander Act
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Dumais, Bronrott, Carr, Feldman, Frick, Hixson, Hucker, Kaiser, Lee, Manno, McIntosh, Mizeur, Montgomery, Rice, and Rosenberg
- Entitled
- Family Law - De Facto Parents
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Conaway
- Entitled
- Marriage - Valid Between Consenting Adults
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegates Conway, Bates, Cane, G. Clagett, DeBoy, Elmore, Mathias, Proctor, Robinson, Rudolph, Sophocleus, and Wood
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect - Reports and Records - Disclosure to Division of Parole and Probation
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Delegate Frank
- Entitled
- Family Law - Marital Property - Military Pensions
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Delegate McConkey
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Support - Change of Address or Employment
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- The Minority Leader
- Entitled
- Recognition of Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages - Changes in Governmental Policies - Moratorium
- Committee
Assignments -
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Departmental - Public Safety and Correctional Services)
- Entitled
- Family Law - Criminal History Records Checks - Employees and Employers in Facilities and Other Individuals That Care for or Supervise Children
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Juvenile Causes - Exceptions - Hearings
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee (By Request - Maryland Judicial Conference)
- Entitled
- Family Law - Permanency Planning and Guardianship Review Hearings - Consultation with Child
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Family Law - Family Day Care Homes and Child Care Centers - Inspections
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Education Health and Environmental Affairs
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Frosh, Forehand, Garagiola, Gladden, Jacobs, Kelley, King, Muse, Raskin, and Stone
- Entitled
- Child Support Guidelines - Revision
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Zirkin
- Entitled
- Domestic Violence - Requirement to Advise Respondent of Consequences of Final Protective Order
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator McFadden
- Entitled
- Baltimore City - Marriage License Fee - Increase - The Carole Alexander Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Colburn, Conway, Currie, Della, Exum, Forehand, Lenett, Madaleno, McFadden, Muse, Pinsky, Stone, Brochin, Jacobs, Raskin, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Child Protection - Reporting of Children Living with or in the Regular Presence of Registered Child Sexual Offenders
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Zirkin
- Entitled
- Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce - Time Requirements
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Zirkin
- Entitled
- Family Law - Grounds for Divorce
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Madaleno, Raskin, Forehand, Frosh, Gladden, Kramer, Lenett, McFadden, Pinsky, Pugh, and Zirkin
- Entitled
- Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Kelley, Astle, Conway, Della, Exum, Forehand, Garagiola, Haines, Harrington, Kramer, Middleton, Pipkin, Pugh, and Raskin
- Entitled
- Commission on Surrogate Parenting
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings and Finance
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Forehand, Madaleno, Pinsky, and Pugh
- Entitled
- Family Law - De Facto Parents
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators King, Conway, Frosh, Garagiola, Harrington, Kramer, Lenett, Madaleno, Middleton, Gladden, Brochin, Forehand, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney, Muse, Raskin, Simonaire, and Stone
- Entitled
- Angel's Law - Foster Care and Child Care - Window Coverings
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Health and Government Operations
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin and Madaleno
- Entitled
- Domestic Violence - Reasonable Corporal Punishment - Limitations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Zirkin
- Entitled
- Family Law - Grounds for Divorce - Separation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
SB 757
Status as of March 31, 2010: Bill is in the Senate - Recommit to Committee Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators King, Forehand, Lenett, Madaleno, and Middleton
- Entitled
- Crimes - Child Neglect - Penalties
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Forehand
- Entitled
- Family Law - Protective Orders - Burden of Proof
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Peters and Astle
- Entitled
- Family Law - Marital Property - Military Pensions
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Stone, Colburn, DeGrange, Dyson, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney, Muse, Peters, and Simonaire
- Entitled
- Same Sex Marriages - Foreign Jurisdictions - Invalidity
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senators Muse, Conway, Exum, Forehand, King, Lenett, Peters, Pugh, Raskin, Robey, and Rosapepe
- Entitled
- Domestic Violence - Protective Order - Extension
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kelley
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect - Reports and Records - Disclosure to Division of Parole and Probation
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Zirkin and Stone
- Entitled
- Denial or Dismissal of Peace Order or Protective Order Petition - Shielding of Records
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senators Raskin, Brochin, Forehand, Jacobs, Simonaire, and Stone
- Entitled
- Child Abuse and Neglect - Disclosure of Information
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
House: Judiciary
- Sponsored By
- Senator Kittleman
- Entitled
- Family Law - Protective Orders - Expungement
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Senator Muse
- Entitled
- Education - Tween/Teen Dating Violence (Kristin Marie Mitchell Law)
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Senator Muse
- Entitled
- Family Law - Child Custody Determinations
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Senators Muse, Peters, DeGrange, Dyson, Haines, Jacobs, Mooney, and Stone
- Entitled
- Maryland's Marriage Protection Act
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
- Sponsored By
- Senator Munson
- Entitled
- Family Law - Registration of Family Day Care Homes - Exemption
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Senate Rules
- Sponsored By
- Senators Jacobs and Stone
- Entitled
- Recognition of Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages - Changes in Governmental Policies - Moratorium
- Committee
Assignments -
Senate: Judicial Proceedings
