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2023 SESSION
HB 1991 Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; concurrent jurisdiction, suits for divorce.
Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; concurrent jurisdiction; suits for divorce. Specifies that, when a suit for divorce has been filed in a circuit court in which the custody, guardianship, visitation, or support of children of the parties or spousal support is raised by the pleadings and a hearing, including a pendente lite hearing, is set by the circuit court on any such issue for a date certain or placed on a motions docket within 21 days of the filing, though such hearing itself may occur after such 21-day period, the juvenile and domestic relations district courts shall be divested of the right to enter any further decrees or orders to determine custody, guardianship, visitation, or support when raised for such hearing, and such matters shall be determined by the circuit court unless both parties agreed to a referral to the juvenile court.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100639D pdf
- 02/16/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1991ER) pdf
- 03/26/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0622) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100639D
- 01/10/23 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/17/23 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/18/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/23 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/23 House: Read first time
- 01/26/23 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/27/23 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/30/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/08/23 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/23 Senate: Read third time
- 02/13/23 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 House: Enrolled
- 02/16/23 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1991ER)
- 02/16/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/16/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/23 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/26/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 622 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/26/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0622)