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2016 SESSION
SB 71 Divorce; entry of decrees, maintenance and support of spouses.
Introduced by: Jennifer T. Wexton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Entry of divorce decrees; maintenance and support of spouses. Provides that a court may still decree as to maintenance and support of a spouse even where a party fails to prove his grounds for divorce, provided that a claim for support has been properly pled by the party seeking support.
FULL TEXT
- 12/21/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101397D pdf
- 03/02/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB71ER) pdf
- 03/25/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/21/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101397D
- 12/21/15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/01/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/02/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/16 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
- 02/08/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/16 House: Read first time
- 02/08/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 02/17/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/16 House: Read second time
- 02/26/16 House: Read third time
- 02/26/16 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/26/16 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/26/16 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/16 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N)
- 03/02/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/02/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB71ER)
- 03/02/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/07/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
- 03/07/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/25/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 477 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/25/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0477)