HB 104

Family Law - Child Custody and Visitation

Sponsor: Delegate AtterbearyCommittee: JudiciarySubject: Family LawStatus: First Reading Judicial Proceedings (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring a court, in a custody or visitation proceeding, to deny custody or visitation rights to a 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 (14)

MGA witness list

FAV 4FavorableFWA 5Favorable with amendmentsUNF 5Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Griffin, Paullobbyist	Child Justice, Inc. (non-profit org)	Oral
FAV	Frey, Leslie	Montgomery County	Written (PDF)
FAV	Chitalia, Suhani	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Atterbeary, Delegate Atterbearylegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Elalamy, Sara	Maryland Judiciary	Written (PDF)
UNF	Merwin, Karen	The boys Initiative	Written (PDF)
UNF	Smith, Eric	Winning Strategies: Fatherhood, The Courts & Custody, Incorporated	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	aichenbaum, jeff	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Lennig, Dorothylobbyist	House of Ruth MD	Written (PDF)
FWA	Smith, Michelle	MSBA FJLSC	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	Ruth, Laure	Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)