PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
H.B. 679
House Bill No. 679
AN ACT concerning
Family Law - Protective Orders
FOR the purpose of requiring that a respondent in a proceeding for relief from abuse be
served a copy of a protective order in open court or by first class mail; specifying
that certain persons be served by first class mail to the person's last known address
under certain circumstances; repealing a provision of law that requires a copy of a
protective order to be served on a respondent by certain law enforcement
personnel; providing that, under certain circumstances, service constitutes actual
notice to the respondent of the contents of the protective order; establishing that
service is complete upon mailing; modifying a certain provision of law to extend the
duration of protective orders; establishing that a subsequent circuit court order
pertaining to any of the provisions included in the protective order shall supersede
those provisions in the protective order; authorizing the court that issued a
protective order to extend the term of the protective order with regard to certain
types of relief under certain circumstances for a certain period of time, requiring a
temporary ex parte order to include a certain notice to the respondent; defining a
certain term; and generally relating to protective orders.
BY renumbering
Article - Family Law
Section 4-501(j) and (k), respectively
to be Section 4-501(k) and (1), respectively
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - Family Law
Section 4-501(j)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Family Law
Section 4-506(f) and (g) 4-506(b), (f), and (g) and 4-507(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1991 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 4-501(j) and (k), respectively, of the Family Law Article
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 4-501(k) and (1),
respectively.
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