Virginia House Bill 1641 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-08 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act. Establishes in the Code of Virginia the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act that was adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2006. The Act authorizes (i) a court on its own motion to order abduction prevention measures in a child-custody proceeding if the court finds that the evidence establishes a credible risk of abduction of the child and (ii) a party to a child-custody determination or another individual or entity having a right under the law of the Commonwealth or any other state to seek a child-custody determination for the child to file a petition seeking abduction prevention measures to protect the child. The petition must specify the risk factors for abduction, including certain statutorily prescribed factors. The court may issue an ex parte warrant to take physical custody of the child if a petition contains allegations, and the court finds that there is a credible risk, that the child is imminently likely to be wrongfully removed.

Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act; established.

Del. John O'Bannon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-08		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2011-01-19		House: Subcommittee recommends passing by with letter by voice vote
2011-01-14		House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
2011-01-10		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2011-01-10		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11101039D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1641
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB1641+hil