Support Of Dependents
Maryland 2016 Regular Session
Family Law - Automatic Injunction [HB-1120]
Requiring an automatic order to be issued and entered on the filing of specified pleadings in specified family law actions; establishing that an automatic order shall be binding on the parties on the occurrence of specified events; establishing that an automatic order shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the action, unless terminated, modified, or amended by further order of court or on agreement of the parties; specifying the contents of an automatic order; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/18/2016
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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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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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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Health Insurance - Selection of State Benchmark Plan and Required Conformity With Federal Law [SB-556]
Providing that specified requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to prescription drug benefits apply to specified coverage offered in specified markets; altering the circumstances under which specified health benefit plans are required to allow specified individuals to enroll for specified coverage; altering the process for selection of the State benchmark plan used to establish specified essential health benefits; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 363 on 05/12/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time [SB-550]
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" in specified instances and substituting the terms "legal decision making" and "parenting time" in specified instances; requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of legal decision making or parenting time between the parties, to consider specified factors; authorizing the court to consider specified factors; specifying that specified factors are not relevant, except under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Hearing 3/03 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/03/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Family Law - Grounds for Divorce - Mutual Consent [SB-472]
Authorizing a court to decree an absolute divorce on the grounds of mutual consent if the parties do not have any minor children in common and the parties execute and submit to the court a written settlement agreement signed by both parties resolving specified issues; authorizing a court to merge or incorporate a specified settlement agreement into a specified divorce decree; authorizing a court to modify or enforce a specified settlement agreement consistent with specified provisions of law; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 353 on 05/12/2015
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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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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Requirements for Filial Support - Repeal [SB-272]
Repealing the prohibition on the neglect or refusal, by a specified adult child, to provide a destitute parent with food, shelter, care, and clothing; altering the definition of "responsible relative", as it relates to responsibility for the cost of specified services provided in a facility or program operated or funded by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to exclude from the definition the children of a recipient of specified services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/27/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Baltimore City Detention Center - Transfer of Ownership [SB-268]
Abolishing the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; providing for the transfer of property, assets, licenses, credits, and rights of the Baltimore City Detention Center to the Mayor of Baltimore City; requiring the State to pay all the operating and capital costs of the Baltimore City Detention Center in fiscal years 2016 through 2018, one-half the costs in 2019, and providing that Baltimore City pay all the operating and capital costs in fiscal year 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Favorable With Amendments {308571/1 on 03/10/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Requirements for Filial Support - Repeal [HB-924]
Repealing the prohibition on the neglect or refusal, by a specified adult child, to provide a destitute parent with food, shelter, care, and clothing; altering the definition of "responsible relative", as it relates to responsibility for the cost of specified services provided in a facility or program operated or funded by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, to exclude from the definition the children of a recipient of specified services; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ariana Kelly
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/16/2015
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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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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Bail Bonds - Minimum [HB-32]
Providing that a surety may not provide a bail bond to a defendant in circuit court or the District Court for less than 10% of the penalty amount of the bond.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Schulz
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/16/2015
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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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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Correctional Services - Baltimore City Detention Center - Transfer of Ownership [HB-210]
Abolishing the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; providing for the transfer of property, assets, licenses, credits, and rights of the Baltimore City Detention Center to the Mayor of Baltimore City; requiring the State to pay all the operating and capital costs of the Baltimore City Detention Center in fiscal years 2016 through 2018 and one-half the costs in 2019; providing that Baltimore City pay all the operating and capital costs in fiscal year 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Unfavorable Report By Appropriations on 03/02/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Child Support - Adjusted Actual Income - Multifamily Adjustment [HB-163]
Altering the definition of "adjusted actual income" under the State child support guidelines; providing for the calculation of a specified allowance required to be deducted from adjusted actual income under the child support guidelines; requiring that the amount of a specified allowance be subtracted from a parent's actual income before the court determines the amount of a child support award; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Hearing 3/31 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/31/2015
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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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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Support - Custody and Visitation Determinations [HB-1192]
Requiring the court, in any case in which the court determines child support, to also consider custody and visitation of the child; and requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to refer the parties to the court for purposes of considering custody and visitation of the child when the Administration establishes a child support obligation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Oaks
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 02/24/2015
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Maryland 2015 Regular Session
Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time [HB-1083]
Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" in specified instances and substituting the terms "legal decision making" and "parenting time" in specified instances; requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of legal decision making or parenting time between the parties, to consider specified factors; authorizing the court to consider specified factors; specifying that specified factors are not relevant, except under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Robinson
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/05/2015
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Child Support - Income Tax Refund Intercept - Priority of Requests and Information to Obligee [SB-812]
Altering the order of priority by which child support income tax refund interception requests are honored; requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to provide a specified information sheet to an obligee who receives a specified refund; and requiring the Department of Human Resources to submit a report to the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2014, on why specified options for improving child support collection have not been implemented and on the cost of implementing those options.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/27/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Talbot County - Child Support Enforcement - Transfer of Personnel [SB-763]
Transferring specified employees of Talbot County who served as employees of the child support division of the Talbot County State's Attorney's Office as of September 30, 2013, to the Department of Human Resources on a specified date; requiring that specified position identification numbers be created in a specified manner; requiring that each transferred employee be given specified credit for specified purposes and retain specified annual and sick leave credit and service credit in the Employees' Pension System; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Colburn
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 552 on 05/15/2014