JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 903, report as follows:

We recommend that the Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute be accepted with the following amendments to resolve the matters under disagreement.

1.  Line 49, after up to

strike

    five

insert

    ten

2.  Line 57, after offense.

insert

When such a petition to enjoin the filing of a petition for custody and visitation is filed, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for the child pursuant to § 16.1-266.

Respectfully submitted,

Delegate Salvatore R. Iaquinto

Delegate Robert B. Bell

Delegate Vivian E. Watts

Conferees on the part of the House

Senator Frederick M. Quayle

Senator Richard L. Saslaw

Senator Janet D. Howell

Conferees on the part of the Senate