Virginia House Bill 1241 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-12-01 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Standards for guardians ad litem appointed in custody and visitation cases; certification form; substitute judges in custody and visitation proceedings. The bill requires a guardian ad litem appointed in a custody or visitation case to submit to the court a form certifying that he has complied with all applicable standards. The bill directs the Judicial Council of Virginia, in conjunction with the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association, to promulgate such a form by July 1, 2017. The bill prohibits a substitute judge from presiding over any custody, visitation, or support proceeding held in a juvenile and domestic relations district court.

Guardian ad litem; standards for those appointed in custody & visitation cases, certification form.

Del. Riley Ingram [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-12-01	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2016-02-03	House	Continued to 2017 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2016-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2017 by voice vote
2016-01-21	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
2016-01-19	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-19	House	Presented and ordered printed 16104020D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	241	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	266.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	69.21	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1241
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1241+hil