Paternity

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Paternity Proceedings - Attorney for the Child Support Administration [SB-1]
Substituting the term "attorney for the Administration" for the term "State's Attorney" in certain provisions of law relating to paternity proceedings; defining the term "attorney for the Administration" as an attorney who represents the Child Support Administration in the Department of Human Services in accordance with certain provisions of law; and making certain conforming changes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 76 on 04/18/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Family Law - Parentage and Adoption [HB-519]
Providing that a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction during the marriage of the child's mother with the consent of the mother's spouse is the legitimate child of both spouses for all purposes; providing that a child conceived by means of assisted reproduction after the death of the mother's spouse and using the genetic material of the mother's spouse is the legitimate child of both spouses under certain circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais Approved By The Governor - Chapter 438 on 05/13/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Family Law - Paternity and Birth Certificates [HB-373]
Authorizing a court to disestablish an individual's paternity on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact if the court finds that the disestablishment is in the best interest of the child; prohibiting a court from disestablishing an individual's paternity under certain circumstances; altering the circumstances under which a declaration of paternity may be modified or set aside; and expanding the circumstances under which the Secretary of Health is required to make a new certificate of birth for an individual.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. First Reading Judiciary on 01/30/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Juvenile Causes - Safe Haven Newborns [HB-167]
Requiring a local department of social services that files a petition alleging that a safe haven newborn is a child in need of assistance to publish in a newspaper or other publication or website a notice containing certain information regarding the newborn to include a notice to the mother regarding her voluntary relinquishment; requiring the juvenile court to exclude the general public from a hearing which involves discussion of any information pertaining to the confidential identity of a mother of a safe haven newborn; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. First Reading Judiciary on 01/23/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Health - Informed Consent (Woman's Right to Know Act) [HB-1075]
Prohibiting a physician from performing an abortion unless the woman on whom the abortion will be performed voluntarily provides her informed consent; providing that consent to an abortion is voluntary and informed if certain requirements are met; requiring a certain physician to provide a woman on whom an abortion may be performed certain information at least a certain amount of time before the abortion and in a certain manner; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti Hearing 3/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2019

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State (Idaho)
Idaho 2019 Regular Session

Amends existing law to revise terminology in statutes regarding proceedings to establish paternity. [HB-205]
PATERNITY -- Amends existing law to revise terminology in statutes regarding proceedings to establish paternity.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Reported Signed By Governor On April 3, 2019 Session Law Chapter 295 Effective: 07/01/2019 on 04/03/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Relating To Parentage. [SB-325]
Clarifies that evidence relating to an alleged parent's consent to an artificial insemination procedure that resulted in the birth of a child may be introduced as evidence relating to paternity. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads Act 012, 04/17/2019 (gov. Msg. No. 1113). on 04/22/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Relating To Parentage. [HB-1265]
Clarifies that evidence demonstrating an alleged parent's non-consent to an artificial insemination procedure that resulted in the birth of a child may be introduced as evidence relating to paternity.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Saiki The Committee(s) On Jud Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/08/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Family Law - Collaborative Reproduction - Orders of Parentage [HB-968]
Authorizing a party to a gestational carrier agreement to file a petition for parentage under specified circumstances; establishing the purposes of the Act; specifying the required contents of a petition for parentage; requiring a court to issue an order of parentage under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais Hearing 3/09 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/09/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2015 Regular Session

Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Revision [SB-941]
Revising the Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; identifying the Child Support Enforcement Administration as the support enforcement agency of the State; extending the application of specified provisions of the Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to include parties, pleadings, proceedings, and support orders of a foreign country; authorizing a tribunal of this State to exercise jurisdiction over a guardian or conservator under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Muse Third Reading Passed (47-0) on 04/10/2015

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2015 Regular Session

Rape Survivor Family Protection Act [SB-78]
Excluding as a father of a child, for purposes of specified provisions relating to the paternity of a child in a guardianship or adoption proceeding, a man who has committed a specified sexual crime against the child's mother; requiring a court to consider a specified statement when making a specified finding; prohibiting a court from requiring publication of specified information under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 2/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2015

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2015 Regular Session

Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act [SB-273]
Establishing the Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act; establishing the purposes of the Act; establishing rights and obligations of specified intended parents who use gamete or embryo donors to conceive a child through collaborative reproduction; establishing specified rights of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction; establishing that a gamete or an embryo donor is not a parent of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 2/18 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/18/2015

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2015 Regular Session

Rape Survivor Family Protection Act [HB-503]
Excluding as a father of a child, for purposes of specified provisions relating to the paternity of a child in a guardianship or adoption proceeding, a man who has committed a specified sexual crime against the child's mother; requiring a court to consider a specified statement when making a specified finding; prohibiting a court from requiring publication of specified information under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/19/2015

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2015 Regular Session

Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act [HB-220]
Establishing the Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act; establishing the purposes of the Act; establishing rights and obligations of specified intended parents who use gamete or embryo donors to conceive a child through collaborative reproduction; establishing specified rights of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction; establishing that a gamete or an embryo donor is not a parent of a child conceived through collaborative reproduction under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2015

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2015 Regular Session

Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Revision [HB-1289]
Revising the Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; identifying the Child Support Enforcement Administration as the support enforcement agency of the State; extending the application of specified provisions of the Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to include parties, pleadings, proceedings, and support orders of a foreign country; authorizing a tribunal of this State to exercise jurisdiction over a guardian or conservator under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais Approved By The Governor - Chapter 308 on 05/12/2015

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 29th Legislature

Term. Of Parental Rights For Sex Assaults [SB-162]
An Act relating to the appointment of guardians ad litem for parents; relating to petitions and proceedings for termination of parental rights; and amending Rules 1 and 6, Alaska Adoption Rules.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Alberta Gardner Sponsor Substitute Introduced-referrals on 02/08/2016

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State (Texas)
Texas 84th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the duties of the Title IV-D agency regarding the establishment, collection, and enforcement of child support. [SB-1727]
Relating to the duties of the Title IV-D agency regarding the establishment, collection, and enforcement of child support.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Creighton Effective On 9/1/15 on 06/18/2015

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 109th General Assembly

As enacted, defines the term "putative father"; makes various changes to the termination of parental rights of a putative father. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1. [SB-2531]
As enacted, defines the term "putative father"; makes various changes to the termination of parental rights of a putative father. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ferrell Haile Pub. Ch. 636 on 03/31/2016

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 109th General Assembly

As enacted, defines the term "putative father"; makes various changes to the termination of parental rights of a putative father. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1. [HB-1531]
As enacted, defines the term "putative father"; makes various changes to the termination of parental rights of a putative father. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 1.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kevin Brooks Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 636 on 03/31/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2014 Regular Session

Rape Survivor Family Protection Act [SB-411]
Excluding as a father of a child, for purposes of specified provisions relating to the paternity of a child in a guardian or adoption proceeding, a man who has committed a specified sexual crime against the child's mother; requiring a court to consider a specified statement when making a specified finding; prohibiting a court from requiring publication of specified information under specified circumstances; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 3/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/26/2014

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