File Code: Family Law
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 215/97 - JUD
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Grosfeld, Preis, T. Murphy, and
Turner
- Entitled:
-
Family Law - Award of Expenses
Adding absolute divorce, limited divorce, and property disposition in
annulment or divorce to the types of proceedings in which a court may
award to either party an amount for the reasonable and necessary
expense of prosecuting or defending the proceeding; requiring the
court to consider certain factors before making an award; authorizing
the court to award reimbursement for certain expenses previously paid;
etc.
House Action
- 7/14
- Pre-filed
- 1/14
- First Reading Judiciary
- Hearing 1/27 at 10:30 a.m.
- 2/9
- Favorable Report by Judiciary
- 2/10
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 2/13
- Third Reading Passed (132-2)
Senate Action
- 2/16
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 3/25
- Hearing 4/1 at 1:00 p.m.
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A
- Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34
- Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COURT COSTS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
- DIVORCE -see also- ANNULMENT
- FAMILY LAW -see also- ADOPTION; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Family Law
- (
7-107 ,
8-214
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
- House
- February 13, 1998: Third Reading Passed (132-2)
