File Code: Family Law
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 346
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Forehand, Gladden, Hollinger, Jacobs,
Jones, Kelley, Kramer, Lawlah, and Ruben
- Entitled:
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Family Law - Grounds for Absolute Divorce
Adding cruelty of treatment toward a minor child of the complaining
party and excessively vicious conduct toward a minor child of a
complaining party as grounds for an absolute divorce; and providing
that recrimination is not a bar to obtaining a divorce on any of the
specified absolute divorce grounds.
Senate Action
- 1/30
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/5
- Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/5
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- 3/6
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/10
- Special Order 3/11 (Senator Brinkley) Adopted
- 3/11
- Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Greenip) Rejected (18-29)
- Third Reading Passed (32-14)
- 4/1
- Senate Refuses to Concur - House Amendments
- Senate Requests House Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Garagiola, Frosh, and Forehand
- 4/4
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (31-14)
- 4/2
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/22
- Governor vetoed - Cross-filed bill was signed
House Action
- 3/12
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
- 3/27
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/28
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (118-22)
- 3/31
- House Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Simmons, Quinter, and O'Donnell
- 4/2
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (103-32)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Rona E. Kramer, District 14
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CHILD ABUSE
- DIVORCE -see also- ANNULMENT
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -see also- CHILD ABUSE
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; ANNULMENT; DIVORCE; etc
- MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; YOUTH
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Family Law
- (
7-103
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 412416/01 (PDF) Offered on: March 31, 2003 at:
8:34 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents::
- Report Number: 883124/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 7, 2003 at:
12:28 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 383624/01 (PDF) Offered on: April 7, 2003 at:
12:30 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 11, 2003: Motion Returned Second Reading (Greenip) Rejected (18-29)
- March 11, 2003: Third Reading Passed (32-14)
- April 4, 2003: Third Reading Passed (31-14)
- House
- March 28, 2003: Third Reading Passed (118-22)
- April 2, 2003: Third Reading Passed (103-32)
