Family Law - Children in Out-of-Home Placements - Mandatory Concurrent Planning
Sponsor: Jeff Waldstreicher (District 18)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Family LawStatus: Hearing 3/11 at 12:00 p.m. (as of Nov 6, 2020)
What this bill does
Official synopsis
Requiring, rather than authorizing, reasonable efforts to place a child for adoption or with a legal guardian to be made concurrently with reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify families under certain circumstances.
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Testimony (13)
MGA witness listFAV 11FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable
| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Kasemeyer, Pam | MARFY | Position only |
| FAV | Booth, Joy | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Dooley, Lauren | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Eby, Arnie | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Gresock, Joseph | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hernandez, Nora | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | MacAlister, James | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | O'Neal, Kristy | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Senator Waldstreicher, Senator Waldstreicherlegislator | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Tonetti, Kellian | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Widener, Andrea | Individual | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Jones, Tyler | MD Judiciary | Written (PDF) |
| UNF | Villamar, Nena | OPD | Oral + Written (PDF) |