HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3523

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

10-901.1.

(A) IN AN ACTION FOR DIVORCE, ANNULMENT, OR ALIMONY,
NO FINAL DECREE SHALL BE ENTERED EXCEPT UPON ORAL TESTIMONY
BY THE PLAINTIFF IN A HEARING ON THE ACTION BEFORE AN
EXAMINER, MASTER, OR IN OPEN COURT.

(B) IN AN UNCONTESTED CASE, TESTIMONY SHALL BE TAKEN
BEFORE AN EXAMINER OR MASTER UNLESS THE COURT DIRECTS
OTHERWISE. TESTIMONY NOT TAKEN BEFORE AN EXAMINER OR MASTER
OR IN OPEN COURT MAY NOT BE USED AS EVIDENCE IN SUCH AN
ACTION UNLESS OTHERWISE ORDERED BY THE COURT FOR GOOD CAUSE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 607

(House Bill 275)

AN ACT concerning

Unemployment Insurance - Benefits
and Contributions

FOR the purpose of providing for annual adjustments by
regulation to the schedule of unemployment insurance
benefits; and generally relating to procedures for the
annual adjustment of unemployment insurance benefits.

FOR the purpose of increasing the maximum weekly benefit
amount in the schedule of unemployment insurance
benefits; increasing the amount of remuneration which

is defined as wages and subject to unemployment

insurance contributions; adjusting the table of

employer's basic contribution rates; and generally
relating to benefits and contributions for unemployment
insurance purposes providing that an individual shall
be entitled to additional unemployment insurance
benefits during a certain period and under certain
circumstances; amending the definition of regular

benefits; and generally relating to regular,

additional, and extended unemployment insurance
benefits.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,