Maryland House Bill 1232 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-09 - Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Repealing references to the terms "child custody" and "visitation" and substituting the terms "legal decision making" and "parenting time" in specified instances; authorizing the court to consider how best to promote stability and long-term health and welfare for children; requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of legal decision making or parenting time between the parties, to consider the ability of the parties to meet the child's developmental needs and create family parenting time schedule; etc.

Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time

Del. Kathleen Dumais [D]

Del. Susan McComas [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-09	House	Hearing 3/09 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-12	House	First Reading Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1232?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb1232f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0002/hb1232.pdf