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2012 SESSION

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HB 104 Divorce; failure to respond by defendant.

Introduced by: G. Manoli Loupassi | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (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 SB 60.

FULL TEXT

• 12/29/11  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100274D  pdf
• 02/21/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB104ER)  pdf
• 03/06/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 12/29/11  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100274D
• 12/29/11  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/13/12  House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
• 01/23/12  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/12  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/12  House: Read first time
• 02/02/12  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/03/12  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/12  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/06/12  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/13/12  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/12  Senate: Read third time
• 02/15/12  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/15/12  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/15/12  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/15/12  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/12  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/17/12  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/12  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/12  House: Enrolled
• 02/21/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB104ER)
• 02/21/12  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/22/12  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/06/12  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (effective 7/1/12)
• 03/06/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084)