Divorce; failure to respond by defendant. (SB60)
Introduced By
Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
✓ |
Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
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. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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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) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 40 seconds.