Support Of Dependents
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Child Support - Employment Program Participation - Reinstatement of Driver's License and Expungement of Suspension [SB-79]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, on request of the Child Support Administration, to expunge a record of a suspension for failure to pay child support under certain circumstances; prohibiting a request by the Child Support Administration to expunge a certain record from affecting any suspension unrelated to child support; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to reinstate a certain obligor's license or privilege to drive under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 413 on 05/08/2018
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Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time [SB-684]
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" and substituting the terms "legal decision making" and "parenting time" in certain instances; requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of legal decision making or parenting time between the parties, to consider certain factors; authorizing the court to award joint legal decision making to both parties under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Child Support - Noncustodial Parent Employment Assistance Pilot Program - Documentation and Reporting [SB-61]
Repealing the requirement that the Noncustodial Parent Employment Assistance Pilot Program include documentation of a noncustodial parent's compliance status at 14 days after the effective date of a certain consent agreement; and altering certain Program evaluation reporting requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 412 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Retiree Dependent Participation in the Maryland Rx Program [SB-568]
Altering a certain date to January 1, 2020, by which the State is required to discontinue a certain prescription drug benefit for certain retirees; authorizing certain retirees who participate in a certain prescription drug benefit plan with a certain dependent to elect to have the dependent covered under a certain State prescription drug benefit plan; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to provide a certain notice to certain retirees of certain changes not later July 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing 2/22 At 8:30 A.m. on 02/22/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Conceived Without Consent - Termination of Parental Rights (Rape Survivor Family Protection Act) [SB-2]
Authorizing a court, under certain circumstances, to terminate the parental rights of an individual convicted of or found to have committed an act of nonconsensual sexual conduct against the other parent that resulted in the conception of a child; specifying that a termination of parental rights terminates completely certain rights and the parent's responsibility to support the child, including payment of child support; requiring the court to refer an unrepresented parent to legal services or to appoint counsel; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 3 on 02/13/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2018 [SB-187]
Authorizing or altering the distribution of certain revenue; altering or repealing certain required appropriations; requiring that any increase in judicial salary be included in the portion of the budget bill relating to the judiciary department; establishing the Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education Fund to assist in providing a world-class education to Maryland students; requiring the Commission to make recommendations regarding inflationary indices to be used in certain formulas; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 10 on 04/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Family Law - Divorce on Grounds of Mutual Consent - Parties With Minor Children [SB-120]
Authorizing a court to decree an absolute divorce on the grounds of mutual consent if the parties have minor children, under certain circumstances; requiring a certain settlement agreement to provide for the care, custody, access, and support of minor or dependent children; requiring certain parties to attach a completed child support guidelines worksheet to a certain settlement agreement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 850 on 05/26/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Conceived Without Consent - Child Support [SB-1187]
Repealing a certain provision providing that the termination of parental rights under certain circumstances terminates completely a parent's responsibility to support the child; and making the Act an emergency measure.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
First Reading Senate Rules on 02/21/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Garrett County – Pretrial Release, Work Release, and Home Detention Programs [SB-1124]
Authorizing the Sheriff of Garrett County to establish a pretrial release program that offers alternatives to pretrial detention and adopt certain regulations; authorizing a court to order a certain individual to participate in the pretrial release program; authorizing the court to make the order at the time of sentencing, or at any time during an individual's pretrial detention; providing for eligibility for the pretrial release program; authorizing the Sheriff to establish and direct a certain work release program; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Hearing 3/13 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/13/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Child Support Administration - Suspension of Driver's License or Privilege to Drive for Arrears - Exemption [HB-804]
Exempting an obligor whose income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level from having the obligor's driver's license or privilege to drive in the State suspended for being out of compliance with the most recent order of the court in making child support payments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program - Retiree Dependent Participation in the Maryland Rx Program [HB-629]
Altering a certain date to January 1, 2020, by which the State is required to discontinue a certain prescription drug benefit for certain retirees; authorizing certain retirees who participate in a certain prescription drug benefit plan with a certain dependent to elect to have the dependent covered under a certain State prescription drug benefit plan; requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management to provide a certain notice to certain retirees of certain changes not later than July 1, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne Jones
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations; Withdrawn on 04/09/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Child Support - Potential Income - Definition [HB-386]
Altering the definition of "potential income" under the Maryland Child Support Guidelines.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 02/19/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Garrett County – Pretrial Release, Work Release, and Home Detention Programs [HB-1757]
Authorizing the Sheriff of Garrett County to establish a pretrial release program that offers alternatives to pretrial detention and adopt certain regulations; authorizing a court to order a certain individual to participate in the pretrial release program; authorizing the court to make the order at any time during an individual's pretrial detention; providing for eligibility for the pretrial release program; authorizing the Sheriff to establish and direct a certain work release program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Beitzel
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/21/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Charles County - Work Release - Collection of Inmate Earnings [HB-1723]
Requiring an inmate participating in a work-release arrangement in Charles County to pay court-ordered restitution and certain food, lodging, electronic monitoring, and clothing costs; requiring the Charles County Sheriff to establish certain per diem rates and designate an agent to collect the costs; and requiring the Sheriff's designee to deliver certain amounts collected to the county treasurer.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 625 on 05/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Child Support - Payment Incentive Program Expansion Act of 2018 [HB-1554]
Requiring the Child Support Administration to develop an electronic application process for participation in the Child Support Payment Incentive Program; requiring the Administration to include certain payments made by a child support obligor when calculating certain uninterrupted payments made under the Program; authorizing the Administration to develop an alternative schedule for a certain obligor; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 406 on 05/08/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Support Guidelines - Actual Income and Attorney's Fees [HB-1293]
Authorizing a court to consider as actual income under the child support guidelines the actual income of a parent's spouse for purposes of determining a parent's child support obligation; and specifying that certain attorney's fees incurred in a child custody or child support proceeding may be divided between the parents in proportion to their adjusted actual incomes under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Jalisi
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act - Modification of Orders [HB-1211]
Repealing a provision of the Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act establishing that a tribunal of this State that has issued a certain child support order has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order under certain circumstances, even if this State is not the residence of the obligor, the obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued.
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/05/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Family Law - Age of Majority - Jurisdiction of Court [HB-1152]
Providing that an equity court shall retain jurisdiction for the purpose of awarding child support, in accordance with certain guidelines, for a child who has attained the age of 18 years and is enrolled in secondary school; providing that an equity court shall retain jurisdiction for the purpose of awarding support for a young adult who has attained the age of 18 years and is not enrolled in secondary school; authorizing certain individuals to petition a court for a certain award of support or a modification to an award; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/12/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Grounds for Divorce - Mutual Consent - Military Service Member [HB-1034]
Authorizing a court to decree an absolute divorce on the grounds of mutual consent if the parties have at least one minor child in common and at least one party is an active member of the armed forces of the United States; and requiring a certain written settlement agreement to resolve issues relating to the care of, custody of, access to, and support of minor children.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/22/2018
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time [HB-1032]
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" and substituting the terms "legal decision making" and "parenting time" in certain instances; requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of legal decision making or parenting time between the parties, to consider certain factors; authorizing the court to award joint legal decision making to both parties under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/12/2018