HB 639

Did not advance

Family Law - Grounds for Divorce

Sponsor: Delegate AtterbearyCommittee: JudiciarySubject: Family LawStatus: Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Repealing the authority of the court to decree a limited divorce; and altering certain grounds for an absolute divorce.

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Testimony (16)

MGA witness list

FAV 12FavorableUNF 4Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Markuski, Jr., V. Peter	FJlSC	Oral
FAV	Drumgoole, Christine	Healthy, Protective Parent and Intimate Partner Violence/Betrayal Trauma Survivor	Position only
FAV	Lennig, Dorothylobbyist	House of Ruth MD	Written (PDF)
FAV	Lennig, Dorothylobbyist	House of Ruth MD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Michelle	MSBA FJLSC	Written (PDF)
FAV	Smith, Michelle	MSBA FJLSC	Oral + 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.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Atterbeary, Delegate Atterbearylegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Delegate Atterbeary, Delegate Atterbearylegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Smith, Eric	Winning Strategies: Fatherhood, The Courts & Custody, Incorporated	Position only
UNF	Love, William	Individual	Position only
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Position only
UNF	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral

Organizations on record

FJlSCFAV 1

Healthy, Protective Parent and Intimate Partner Violence/Betrayal Trauma SurvivorFAV 1

House of Ruth MDFAV 2

Maryland Network Against Domestic ViolenceFAV 2

MSBA FJLSCFAV 2

Winning Strategies: Fatherhood, The Courts & Custody, IncorporatedUNF 1

Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.FAV 2

Registered lobbyists who testified

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

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