File Code: Domestic Abuse
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Krysiak and Goldwater
- Entitled:
-
Child Abuse - Out of Court Statements
Expanding a provision of law that allows out of court statements
concerning specified alleged offenses against children under the age
of 12 years to be admitted in juvenile or criminal proceedings by
allowing these statements to be offered by any person if the court
finds, in a hearing conducted outside the presence of the jury that
the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide
sufficient indicia of reliability.
House Action
- 2/1
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/26
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
- Delegate Marilyn Goldwater, District 16
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHILD ABUSE
- COURTS - GENERAL
- EVIDENCE
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY, JUVENILE CAUSES, YOUTH
- WITNESSES
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
9-103.1
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available
