| MD | HB311 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering provisions of law relating to the authority of the Child Support Enforcement Administration to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration of an individual's child support arrearages for the purpose of suspending the individual's driver's licens... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Griffith) Adopted |
| MD | HB1298 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the father of a child to file a petition to add the father's surname to the child's name under certain circumstances and establishing related court procedures; and requiring the Maryland Judiciary to develop and update, as appropriate, a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB79 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | HB1071 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing that an equity court may grant visitation rights to a grandparent of a child if the court finds it to be in the best interest of the child, both the child's living parents consent, one of the child's living parents consents, both of the chi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04 Withdrawn by Sponsor |
| MD | SB663 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing a rebuttable presumption in certain child custody proceedings that joint legal custody and joint physical custody for approximately equal periods of time are in the best interests of a child and establishing factors a court may consider ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1307 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a parent to petition a court for an emergency hearing to reevaluate a visitation schedule if the other parent fails to comply with a court-ordered visitation schedule without just cause; and requiring and authorizing a court to take certa... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB1290 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing a person to petition for a protective order against another person who the petitioner alleges has engaged in controlling or coercive behavior toward the petitioner; and defining "coercive control" as a pattern of emotional or psychologica... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-10 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB1011 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "adjusted actual income" under the State child support guidelines by requiring the deduction, from actual income, of an allowance for support for each child in the parent's home for whom the parent owes a legal duty of supp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB1045 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "adjusted actual income" under the State child support guidelines by requiring the deduction, from actual income, of an allowance for support for each child in the parent's home for whom the parent owes a legal duty of supp... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB937 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a local director of a local department of social services or the Secretary of Human Services to disclose certain reports and records of child abuse and neglect within 30 days after receiving a request if certain conditions are met; requirin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB1016 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring health care providers who are authorized to prescribe to double the amount of each drug prescribed for a child if a parent of the child presents the prescriber with a court order of joint legal custody with a right of medical decision makin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06 To Senate Finance Committee |
| MD | SB743 | Intro
Sine Die | Adding stalking to the list of offenses for which a certain individual may petition for a protective order; and altering certain provisions of law relating to the issuance of a permanent protective order. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB405 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifying certain qualifications and training necessary for an individual to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; specifying that certain expert evidence is admissible in certain child custody and visitation proceedings under ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB553 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; and prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | HB644 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring a local department of social services or a law enforcement agency to provide a certain notice to a parent or caretaker of a child at a certain time during an investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect; and excluding evidence obtained... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To House Judiciary Committee |
| MD | SB670 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring the court, in determining the appropriate allocation of custody or visitation between the parties that is in the best interest of the child, to consider the ability of each of the parties to meet the child's developmental needs, the relatio... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB438 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that a parent has the fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, care, and welfare of the parent's child; and prohibiting the State or a political subdivision from infringing on a parent's fundamental right to direct the upbr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB327 | Intro
Sine Die | Authorizing the court, in determining legal and physical custody in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; and authorizing the court to modify a child custody or visitation order if the court determines that there has been a ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB365 | Intro
Sine Die | Specifying certain qualifications and training necessary for an individual to be appointed or approved by a court as a custody evaluator; and specifying that certain expert evidence is admissible in certain child custody and visitation proceedings un... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | SB390 | Intro
Sine Die | Altering the definition of "actual income" to include taxes paid by a parent's employer or, if the income is nontaxable, the amount of taxes that would be paid if the income were taxable for purposes of child support calculations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18 To Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee |
| MD | HB206 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing that it is unlawful for a parent or guardian of a student in a public school to fail to seek and participate in counseling with the parent's or guardian's child after receiving a certain notice of violent and disruptive behavior; and req... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16 To House Ways and Means Committee |