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1997 SESSION
HB 854 Child support; shared custody.
Introduced by: William S. Moore, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Child support; shared custody. Defines "day" for purposes of applying the shared custody rules of the child support guidelines to mean an overnight stay and specifies that use of the shared custody rules by the courts is permissive. This bill overrules the majority opinion in Ewing v. Ewing which held that a day is a continuous 24-hour period.
FULL TEXT
- 01/22/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 961238112 pdf
- 02/13/96 House: Printed as engrossed 961238112-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/22/96 House: Presented & ordered printed 961238112
- 01/22/96 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/25/96 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 3
- 02/12/96 House: Reported from C. J. with amendments (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/12/96 House: Read first time
- 02/12/96 House: Constitutional readings dispensed
- 02/13/96 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/13/96 House: Amendment by Mr. Moore agreed to
- 02/13/96 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/13/96 House: Printed as engrossed 961238112-E
- 02/13/96 House: Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/96 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/96 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/15/96 Senate: Read first time
- 02/15/96 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/21/96 Senate: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Civil Justice
- 02/28/96 Senate: Continued to 1997 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)
- 12/16/96 Senate: Passed by for the day in C. J. (9-Y 3-N 1-A)