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2019 SESSION
SB 1019 Child custody, visitation, and support cases; referral to mediation for appropriate cases.
Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Referral to mediation in child custody, visitation, and support cases; appropriate cases. Requires a court, in assessing whether a case regarding child custody, visitation, or support is appropriate for referral to mediation, to consider whether such case can be heard by the court within 120 days of the filing of an initial petition. The bill provides that if a case cannot be heard by the court within 120 days and is otherwise deemed appropriate for referral, such case shall be referred.
FULL TEXT
- 09/17/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100426D pdf
- 01/21/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105300D-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 09/17/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100426D
- 09/17/18 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 01/21/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105300D-S1
- 01/22/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/19 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/24/19 Senate: Stricken from Senate calendar (40-Y 0-N)