Virginia House Bill 470 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Protective orders on behalf of incapacitated persons. Allows an employee of a local department of social services (local department) to petition a court on behalf of an incapacitated person for a preliminary protective order in cases of family abuse or non-family abuse. If the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the person is an incapacitated person and lacks the capacity to file such petition for himself, the court shall grant a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of the incapacitated person and may issue an order granting the preliminary protective order if other conditions required for the issuance of a preliminary protective order are met. The bill allows the employee of a local department who filed the petition to testify on behalf of the incapacitated person at any hearing for the preliminary protective order and at the full hearing on the petition. At the full hearing on the petition, the court may issue a protective order for a specified period of time, up to a maximum of two years, if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the employee of a local department who filed the petition has proven the allegation of abuse or that the incapacitated person has been subjected to an act of violence, force, or threat.

Protective orders; petitioning court on behalf of incapacitated persons.

Del. Michael Mullin [D]

Del. William Wampler [R]

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2020-01-03	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-03	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100646D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	253.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	279.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	152.10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	152.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB470
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB470+hil