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2012 SESSION
SB 60 Divorce; failure to respond by defendant.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Divorce; service of process; failure to respond. Provides that if a defendant fails to file an answer in a divorce suit or otherwise appear after having been personally served with notice of the suit, no additional notice to take depositions is required to be served on the defendant and the court may enter any order or final decree without notice to the defendant. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. This bill is identical to HB 104.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101993D pdf
- 01/18/12 Senate: Printed as engrossed 12101993D-E pdf
- 02/22/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB60ER) pdf
- 03/06/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/05/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101993D
- 01/05/12 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/12 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/12 Senate: Motion to reconsider reading dispensed agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/12 Senate: Read second time
- 01/18/12 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/18/12 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/18/12 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB60E
- 01/18/12 Senate: Printed as engrossed 12101993D-E
- 01/19/12 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/12 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/12 House: Read first time
- 02/13/12 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/15/12 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/12 House: Read second time
- 02/20/12 House: Read third time
- 02/20/12 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/12 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/20/12 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/12 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/12 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB60ER)
- 02/22/12 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/22/12 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/12 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 78 (effective 7/1/12)
- 03/06/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078)