Divorce; failure to respond by defendant. (SB60)
Introduced By
Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)
Progress
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Description
Divorce; service of process; failure to respond. Provides that if a defendant fails to file an answer in a divorce suit or otherwise appear after having been served with notice of the suit, no additional notice to take depositions is required to be served on the defendant and the court may enter any order or final decree without notice to the defendant. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. Amends § 20-99, § 20-99.2, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
- 01/05/2012 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101993D
- 01/05/2012 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/2012 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/17/2012 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/17/2012 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/17/2012 Motion to reconsider reading dispensed agreed to (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/17/2012 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/18/2012 Read second time
- 01/18/2012 Reading of amendment waived
- 01/18/2012 Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/18/2012 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB60E
- 01/18/2012 Printed as engrossed 12101993D-E
- 01/19/2012 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/13/2012 Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/2012 Read first time
- 02/13/2012 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/15/2012 Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/17/2012 Read second time
- 02/20/2012 Read third time
- 02/20/2012 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/20/2012 Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/20/2012 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2012 VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/22/2012 Enrolled
- 02/22/2012 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB60ER)
- 02/22/2012 Signed by President
- 02/22/2012 Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/2012 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 78 (effective 7/1/12)
- 03/06/2012 G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078)