Delaware House Bill 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on June 10 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-06-10 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This bill re-organizes and makes changes to Chapter 23 to be more reader-friendly and to clarify certain provisions regarding guardianship and permanent guardianship. It clarifies the circumstances under which a parent may not consent to guardianship, as well as the circumstances under which a guardianship may be rescinded interpreting the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in Tourison v. Pepper, 51 A.3d 470 (Del. 2012). It also clarifies the standard under which the Family Court must determine competing guardianship petitions. The bill also makes changes as to who is eligible to serve as and petition for permanent guardianship of a child, and allows parents to petition for modification of permanent guardianship orders regarding contact, visitation or sharing of information. Finally, the bill makes some technical revisions to the chapter.

An Act To Amend Title 13 Of The Delaware Code Pertaining To Guardianship Of A Child.

Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Joseph Miro [R]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Sen. David Wilson [R]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]

2014-06-03 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 18 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-05-06 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-06-10	House	Signed by Governor
2014-06-03	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 18 YES 3 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-05-14	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2014-05-06	Senate	Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
2014-05-06	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-04-02	House	Reported Out of Committee (JUDICIARY) in House with 4 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits
2014-03-13	House	Introduced and Assigned to Judiciary Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/a711cf4f59fa8b9685257c6f005e84f7?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+251/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/e013692515685fcc85257cd0006d14a6?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/b0497085068d0a2385257cec00677d12?OpenDocument