Support Of Dependents
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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Family Law - Grounds for Divorce - Settlement Agreement [SB-363]
Authorizing a court to grant an absolute divorce on the ground of the execution of a settlement agreement that resolves issues relating to alimony and property rights care, custody and support of minor or dependent children, and all other relief authorized under the Code arising from marriage.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/01/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Requirements for Filial Support - Repeal [SB-261]
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 02/24/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Support - Modification [SB-220]
Prohibiting a court from retroactively increasing a child support award prior to the date of the order awarding the increase if the obligor is not in arrears in making child support payments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Christopher Shank
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/10/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act [SB-208]
Establishing the Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act; establishing rights and obligations of specified intended parents who use gamete or embryo donors to conceive a child through collaborative reproduction; establishing 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; requiring a gestational carrier agreement to be approved by a circuit judge prior to the embryo transfer; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
First Reading House Rules And Executive Nominations on 03/21/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Temporary Cash Assistance - Termination of Benefits and Case Closure - Timing [SB-1105]
Authorizing the Secretary of Human Resources, during a specified period of time, to suspend payment of temporary cash assistance to a recipient who is found to be in noncompliance with specified income eligibility standards due to an increase in a child support payment; prohibiting the Secretary from terminating the temporary cash assistance or closing the case of the recipient during the 3 months after the end of the month in which the increased support payment is received; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Roger Manno
Hearing 3/20 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/20/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Rape Survivor Family Protection Act [HB-958]
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. Susan Lee
Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Video Lottery Facility Payouts - Intercepts for Child Support Payments [HB-907]
Requiring specified video lottery operation licensees to provide specified notices to specified obligors who win prizes and who owe child support; requiring specified video lottery operation licensees to make specified payments, withhold specified amounts, and transfer specified amounts under specified circumstances; authorizing specified obligors to appeal specified proposed transfers; requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the video lottery operation licensee on the distribution of specified prizes; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 622 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Requirements for Filial Support - Repeal [HB-816]
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: Rep. James Hubbard
Unfavorable Report By Health And Government Operations; Withdrawn on 03/24/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Talbot County - Child Support Enforcement - Transfer of Personnel [HB-805]
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. Adelaide Eckardt
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 553 on 05/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Recreational Hunting or Fishing License Applications - Disclosure of Information [HB-769]
Establishing that the Department of Natural Resources may require an applicant to provide only specified information on an application for a recreational hunting or fishing license; altering the information that a request for information from a recreational hunting or fishing license application made by the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of Human Resources to the Department of Natural Resources is required to contain; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anthony O'Donnell
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/13/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Family Law - Out-of-State Civil Unions - Applicability of Domestic Relations Laws [HB-760]
Establishing that parties to a civil union validly entered into in another state or country shall be subject to the law of domestic relations of the State to the same degree and in the same manner as prescribed under the law of the State for married individuals.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 03/15/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Recreational Hunting or Fishing License Applications - Disclosure of Information [HB-675]
Establishing that the Department of Natural Resources may require an applicant to provide only specified information on an application for a recreational hunting or fishing license; altering the information that a request for information from a recreational hunting or fishing license application made by the Child Support Enforcement Administration of the Department of Human Resources to the Department of Natural Resources is required to contain; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Glen Glass
Unfavorable Report By Environmental Matters on 03/13/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Child Support - Income Tax Refund Intercept - Priority of Requests and Information to Obligee [HB-550]
Requiring specified arrearages collected through the Federal Tax Refund Offset Program to be applied in a specified order under specified circumstances; requiring the Child Support Enforcement Administration to provide information 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, regarding child support collection, why specified options have not been implemented, and the cost of implementing those options.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/14/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act [HB-236]
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
Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 04/05/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Family Law - Child Support - Custody and Visitation Determinations [HB-1301]
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
Favorable With Amendments Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/07/2014
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Maryland 2014 Regular Session
Recreational Hunting or Fishing Licenses - Denial, Suspension, and Required Disclosure [HB-1174]
Establishing that specified provisions of law governing the denial or suspension of licenses for failure to pay child support apply to recreational hunting and fishing licenses; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to require an applicant to provide only specified information related to the applicant's Social Security number on an application for a recreational hunting or fishing license; altering the information that a request for information from a recreational hunting or fishing license application is required to contain; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 448 on 05/05/2014
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Maryland Collaborative Reproduction Act [SB-792]
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 4/02 At 1:00 P.m. on 04/02/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Child Support Enforcement - Attachment and Seizure of Retirement Accounts and Claims Against Retirement Plans [SB-71]
Including retirement accounts in the definition of "account" in provisions relating to information and assistance by financial institutions to the Child Support Enforcement Administration; altering an exemption for specified retirement plans from the claims of creditors to allow claims for purposes of child support enforcement; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Hearing 3/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/28/2013
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Maryland 2013 Regular Session
Natural Resources - Hunting License Applications - Social Security Number [SB-650]
Creating for hunting licenses issued by the Department of Natural Resources an exception to the requirement that a licensing authority require a license applicant to disclose the Social Security number of the applicant and record the Social Security number on the application; altering the information that a request for information from a hunting license application made by the Child Support Enforcement Administration is required to contain under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs on 03/14/2013