Maryland Senate Bill 444 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-27 - Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting a court, except under specified circumstances or unless good cause for the award of custody or visitation is shown, from awarding custody of a child or visitation with a child to a parent who has been found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor; clarifying that specified provisions of law may not be construed to require a conviction of a party for a crime before a determination by the court regarding custody or visitation under specified circumstances; and applying the Act prospectively.

Family Law - Denial of Custody or Visitation - Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Sen. Richard Colburn [R]

Sen. Stephen Hershey [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-27	Senate	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
2014-01-24	Senate	First Reading Judicial Proceedings

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0444?ys=2014rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/bills/sb/sb0444f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0004/sb0444.pdf