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2005 SESSION
SB 978 Marriage, foreign; requirements for parties petitioning circuit court.
Introduced by: Jay O'Brien | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Affirmation of foreign marriage. Allows parties married outside of the United States and residing in the Commonwealth to petition the circuit court of the county or city in which they reside for an order affirming their marriage, and allows a judge to grant an order affirming such marriage if the parties supply certain documentation and the court finds that (i) at least one of the parties is a citizen of the United States, (ii) the marriage is valid under the laws of the other jurisdiction, and (iii) such marriage is not prohibited under the laws of the Commonwealth.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/05 Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 056895784 pdf
- 02/07/05 Senate: Committee substitute printed 055557784-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/05 Senate: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 056895784
- 01/11/05 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/07/05 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub (7-Y 6-N)
- 02/07/05 Senate: Committee substitute printed 055557784-S1
- 02/08/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/05 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/08/05 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 055557784-S1
- 02/08/05 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB978S1
- 02/08/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: Passed Senate (29-Y 11-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (29-Y 11-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: Passed Senate (33-Y 7-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (33-Y 7-N)
- 02/08/05 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/11/05 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/05 House: Read first time
- 02/11/05 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/05 House: Stricken from docket by C. J. (22-Y 0-N)