HB 505

Did not advance

Child Custody - Legal Decision Making and Parenting Time

Sponsor: Delegate DumaisCommittee: JudiciarySubject: Family LawStatus: Hearing 3/31 at 1:45 p.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing references to the terms 'child custody' and 'visitation' and substituting the terms 'legal decision making' and 'parenting time' in certain instances; authorizing the court to award joint legal decision making to both parties under certain circumstances; authorizing the court, in determining certain legal decision-making authority and parenting time in certain child custody proceedings, to consider certain factors; requiring the court to articulate certain findings of fact on the record or in a written opinion; etc.

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Testimony (24)

MGA witness list

FAV 17FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Lennig, Dorothylobbyist	House of Ruth MD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Lennig, Dorothylobbyist	House of Ruth MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Michelle	MSBA FJLSC	Oral
FAV	Smith, Michelle	MSBA FJLSC	Oral
FAV	Jordan, Lisae Clobbyist	Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Jordan, Lisae Clobbyist	Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)	Written (PDF)
FAV	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shapiro, Melanielobbyist	Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence	Written (PDF)
FAV	Shapiro, Melanielobbyist	Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence	Written (PDF)
FAV	Ruth, Laure	Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Ruth, Laure	Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Dumais, Delegate Dumaislegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Dumais, Delegate Dumaislegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Dumais, Kathleen	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Dumais, Kathleen	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Glickman, Ilene	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Glickman, Ilene	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
FWA	Gladstone, Jonathan	Office of the Public Defender	Oral
FWA	Villamar, Maria Nenutzka	Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
FWA	Villamar, Maria Nenutzka	Office of the Public Defender	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Smith, Eric	Winning Strategies: Fatherhood, The Courts & Custody, Incorporated	Oral + Written (PDF)