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1998 SESSION
HB 517 Spousal support; rehabilitative alimony.
Introduced by: C. Richard Cranwell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Spousal support; rehabilitative alimony. Grants authority to the courts to award spousal support to be paid in periodic payments for a specified duration and to reserve to a party the right to receive support in the future. A reservation of the right to support is presumed under the bill to continue for a period of time equal to half the duration of the marriage (the time between the date of the marriage and the date of separation). The factors to be considered by the court in making any award or modifying an award of support are modified and expanded to include, for example, consideration of each party's contribution to the education of the other, access to educational and job training opportunities, and the effects of decisions made during the marriage on a party's prospective earning capacity. The factors relied on by the court must be stated in the award and a written opinion is required in contested cases in the circuit courts.
Awards made for a defined duration may be modified only during the term of the award if the court finds that (i) a material change of circumstances has occurred which could not reasonably have been anticipated at the time the award was entered or (ii) an anticipated event upon which the award was based has not occurred through no fault of the party seeking modification.
The bill applies only to initial actions filed on or after July 1, 1998, or to actions to modify an award entered in a case filed initially on or after that date.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 989141176 pdf
- 02/17/98 House: Printed as engrossed 989141176-E pdf
- 03/31/98 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB517ER) pdf
- 04/27/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0604) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/20/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 989141176
- 01/20/98 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/26/98 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 3
- 02/15/98 House: Reported from C. J. with amendments (20-Y 4-N)
- 02/16/98 House: Read first time
- 02/17/98 House: Read second time
- 02/17/98 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/17/98 House: Amendment by Mr Joannou agreed to
- 02/17/98 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/17/98 House: Printed as engrossed 989141176-E
- 02/17/98 House: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/98 House: Passed House (82-Y 6-N)
- 02/17/98 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (82-Y 6-N)
- 02/17/98 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/19/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/19/98 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/23/98 Senate: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Juv. Justice & Dom. Rel.
- 03/08/98 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amds. (13-Y 1-N)
- 03/09/98 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/98 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/98 Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/98 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/10/98 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/10/98 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/11/98 Senate: Read third time
- 03/11/98 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/12/98 Senate: Read third time
- 03/12/98 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/12/98 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 2-N)
- 03/12/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 2-N)
- 03/12/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/12/98 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 3-N)
- 03/12/98 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 3-N)
- 03/31/98 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB517ER)
- 04/06/98 House: Enrolled
- 04/06/98 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/08/98 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/15/98 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 604 (effective 7/1/98)
- 04/27/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0604)