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2021 SESSION
SB 1325 Visitation; petition of grandparent.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Visitation; petition of grandparent. Allows a grandparent who has petitioned the court for visitation of a minor grandchild, in cases where the parent of the minor grandchild is deceased or incapacitated, to introduce evidence of such deceased or incapacitated parent's consent to visitation with the grandparent. The bill provides that if the parent's consent is proven by a preponderance of the evidence, the court may determine the issue of grandparent visitation in the best interest of the minor grandchild.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102917D pdf
- 01/27/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103796D-S1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102917D
- 01/12/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/27/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103796D-S1
- 01/27/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 2-N)
- 01/29/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103796D-S1
- 02/01/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1325S1
- 02/02/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote