provide legal representation to income-eligible parents in contested custody and visitation proceedings in specified jurisdictions; requiring the Governor to include in the budget bill for each fiscal year a specified appropriation to fund the pilot program; etc. HB 350 Delegates Child Custody Prohibiting a court, in any child 2/5/2015 and Visitation - custody or visitation Reading Deployed Parents proceeding, from making any Judiciary Dumais, Rey, negative inference regarding a Hearing 3/05 at and C. Wilson parent's past, present, or future 1:00 p.m. deployment; altering specified provisions relating to expedited hearings; authorizing a party or witness who is subject to deployment to provide testimony and present evidence by electronic means or by telephone under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to grant custody or visitation on behalf of a deployed parent to another individual under specified circumstances; etc. HB 390 Delegates Protective Authorizing the filing of a 3/15/2015 Atterbeary, and Peace Order protective order petition if the Third Reading (SB 270) Barkley, Petitions - abuse is alleged to have Passed Carter, Maryland occurred in the State or if the In the Senate: Chang, Residents person eligible for relief is a Dumais, resident of the State; and 4/5/2015 Third Ebersole, authorizing the filing of a peace Reading Passed Gutierrez, order petition if a specified act with Hayes, Hill, is alleged to have occurred in Amendments Jalisi, the State or if the petitioner is a In the House: Kittleman, resident of the State. Lam, Lierman, 4/9/2015 The amendment doesn’t change House Concur McCray, the intent, to allow residents of Moon, - Senate Maryland to petition for peace Amendments Morales, or protective orders even if the Pena-Melnyk, abuse didn’t occur in Maryland. Third Reading Pendergrass, Passed It added a lot of language about Platt, B. foreign protective orders and Passed Robinson, full faith and credit. Smith, Enrolled Sydnor,
provide legal representation to income-eligible parents in contested custody and visitation proceedings in specified jurisdictions; requiring the Governor to include in the budget bill for each fiscal year a specified appropriation to fund the pilot program; etc. HB 350 Delegates Dumais, Rey, and C. Wilson Child Custody and Visitation - Deployed Parents Prohibiting a court, in any child custody or visitation proceeding, from making any negative inference regarding a parent's past, present, or future deployment; altering specified provisions relating to expedited hearings; authorizing a party or witness who is subject to deployment to provide testimony and present evidence by electronic means or by telephone under specified circumstances; authorizing a court to grant custody or visitation on behalf of a deployed parent to another individual under specified circumstances; etc. 2/5/2015 Reading Judiciary Hearing 3/05 at 1:00 p.m. HB 390 (SB 270) Delegates Atterbeary, Barkley, Carter, Chang, Dumais, Ebersole, Gutierrez, Hayes, Hill, Jalisi, Kittleman, Lam, Lierman, McCray, Moon, Morales, Pena-Melnyk, Pendergrass, Platt, B. Robinson, Smith, Sydnor, Protective and Peace Order Petitions - Maryland Residents Authorizing the filing of a protective order petition if the abuse is alleged to have occurred in the State or if the person eligible for relief is a resident of the State; and authorizing the filing of a peace order petition if a specified act is alleged to have occurred in the State or if the petitioner is a resident of the State. The amendment doesn’t change the intent, to allow residents of Maryland to petition for peace or protective orders even if the abuse didn’t occur in Maryland. It added a lot of language about foreign protective orders and full faith and credit. 3/15/2015 Third Reading Passed In the Senate: 4/5/2015 Third Reading Passed with Amendments In the House: 4/9/2015 House Concur - Senate Amendments Third Reading Passed Passed Enrolled
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