File Code: Family Law
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 371
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Ruben (Montgomery County Administration) and Senator
Collins (Baltimore County Administration) and Senators Forehand,
Kelley, Hoffman, Hogan, Roesser, Hollinger, Van Hollen, Dorman,
Teitelbaum, Boozer, Bromwell, Della, Stone, Sfikas, and McCabe
- Entitled:
-
Child Protection Act of 1998
Providing that the safety and health of children are paramount
considerations in certain proceedings relating to adoption and
guardianship; altering the time period within which a permanent
placement for a child should be effectuated; and establishing a
rebuttable presumption in termination of parental rights proceedings
that the future safety of a child will be at risk if the natural
parent has been convicted of a crime of violence against specified
individuals.
Senate Action
- 2/6
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/11
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/17
- Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Baltimore County Administration
- Senator F. Vernon Boozer, District 9
- Senator Thomas L. Bromwell, District 8
- Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
- Senator Patrick J. Hogan, District 39
- Senator Paula Colodny Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Christopher J. McCabe, District 14
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., District 18
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ADOPTION
- CHILD ABUSE
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -see also- CHILD ABUSE
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- GUARDIANS
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
- SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
3-826.1
)
- Article - 27 Crimes and Punishments
- (
643B
)
- Family Law
- (
5-303 ,
5-313
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
