Indiana House Bill 1278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 4 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-17 - First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Grandparent visitation. Amends statutes regarding: (1) standing to seek grandparent visitation; and (2) survival of judicially granted grandparent visitation rights; to specify that standing to seek visitation survives adoption of the grandchild. Provides that a petition for grandparent visitation must be filed not later than six months after the date a decree of adoption of the child is entered. Provides that a paternal grandparent of a child does not have standing to seek grandparent visitation if the child's father has not established paternity in relation to the child. (Under current law, such a grandparent has standing to seek grandparent visitation, but may not be awarded grandparent visitation.) Provides conditions under which standing to seek grandparent visitation survives: (1) establishment of the paternity of the child; and (2) the adoption of the child by certain family members.

Grandparent visitation.

Rep. Patrick Bauer [D]	Rep. Gerald Torr [R]	Rep. Karlee Macer [D]	Sen. Erin Houchin [R]
Sen. Timothy Lanane [D]

2020-02-03 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 92 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-17	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-02-04	House	Referred to the Senate
2020-02-03	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Houchin and Lanane
2020-02-03	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 161: yeas 92, nays 1
2020-01-30	House	Amendment #2 (Young J) prevailed; voice vote
2020-01-30	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-01-28	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-01-23	House	Representative Macer added as coauthor
2020-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-01-14	House	Coauthored by Representative Torr
2020-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Bauer

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1278/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/4/b/9/c4b94dd9/HB1278.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/8/2/6/98267360/HB1278.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/1/a/1/91a16856/HB1278.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/f/8/f/1f8f2d00/HB1278.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/2/3/0/623084e2/HB1278.03.ENGH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/1/a/4/01a412d2/HB1278.01.INTR.03.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/f/f/a/8ffa6cd4/HB1278.161_H.pdf