SB 57

Family Law – Child Custody and Visitation

Sponsor: Senator LeeCommittee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Family LawStatus: First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a court, in a custody or visitation proceeding, to deny custody or visitation rights to a certain party if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a child has been abused or neglected by the party, unless the court specifically finds that there is no likelihood of further child abuse or neglect by the party and states the reasons for the finding; authorizing the court to approve a supervised visitation arrangement under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (21)

MGA witness list

FAV 9FavorableFWA 7Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Griffin, Paullobbyist	Child Justice, Inc. (non-profit org)	Oral
FAV	Shaw, Jen	Gil Institute	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Villamar, Maria Nenutzka	Office of the Public Defender	Written (PDF)
FAV	Carozza, Senator Mary Beth	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Flanagan, Robert	Individual	Oral
FAV	Kenny, Annie	Individual	Oral
FAV	McLeod, Hera	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Saunders, Daniel	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Lee, Senator Leelegislator	Individual	Position only
UNF	White, Rachel	Advocates for Children and Youth	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	vanRoden, Eleni	MSBA Family and Juvenile Law Section	Oral
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	Glickman, Ilene	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Lombardi, Joycelobbyist	Center for Hope - Lifebridge	Written (PDF)
FWA	Lennig, Dorothylobbyist	House of Ruth MD	Written (PDF)
FWA	Marjanovic, Sophia	Maryland Alliance for Court Reform	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Jordan, Lisae Clobbyist	Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)	Written (PDF)
FWA	Shapiro, Melanielobbyist	Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence	Written (PDF)
FWA	Frey, Leslie	Montgomery County	Written (PDF)
FWA	Ruth, Laure	Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
INFO	Graziano, Laurenlobbyist	Department of Human Services	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Advocates for Children and YouthUNF 1

Center for Hope - LifebridgeFWA 1

Child Justice, Inc. (non-profit org)FAV 1

Department of Human ServicesINFO 1

Gil InstituteFAV 1

House of Ruth MDFWA 1

Maryland Alliance for Court ReformFWA 1

Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)FWA 1

Maryland JudiciaryUNF 1

Maryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceFWA 1

Montgomery CountyFWA 1

MSBA Family and Juvenile Law SectionUNF 1

Office of the Public DefenderFAV 1

Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.FWA 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGriffin, PaulChild Justice, Inc. (non-profit org)Registered for: Child Justice, Inc.

FWALombardi, JoyceCenter for Hope - LifebridgeRegistered for: Center for Hope

FWALennig, DorothyHouse of Ruth MDRegistered for: House of Ruth Maryland

FWAJordan, Lisae CMaryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA)Registered for: Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault

FWAShapiro, MelanieMaryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceRegistered for: Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence

INFOGraziano, LaurenDepartment of Human ServicesRegistered for: Maryland Multi-Housing Association; Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland