Maryland Senate Bill 813 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-14 - Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a court in any child custody or visitation proceeding from considering, in and of itself, a parent's past deployment or possible future deployment in determining the best interest of a child except under specified circumstances; 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 the court to grant caretaking or decision-making authority to a nonparent under specified circumstances; etc.

Child Custody and Visitation - Deployed Parents

Sen. Michael Hough [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-14	Senate	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn
2016-03-08	Senate	Hearing 3/08 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-05	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0813?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0813f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0003/sb0813.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/votes_comm/sb0813_jpr.pdf