Maryland Senate Bill 978 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-15 - Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings 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 schedules; etc.

Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time

Sen. Susan Lee [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-15	Senate	Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-18	Senate	Rereferred to Judicial Proceedings
2016-02-12	Senate	First Reading Senate Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0978?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0978f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0008/sb0978.pdf