Virginia House Bill 1481 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-02 - Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Visitation; petition of grandparent. Removes Visitation; petition of grandparent. Removes the provision providing that, in any case or proceeding in which a grandparent has petitioned the court for visitation with a minor grandchild, and a natural or adoptive parent of the minor grandchild is deceased or incapacitated, the grandparent who is related to such deceased or incapacitated parent shall be permitted to introduce evidence of such parent's consent to visitation with the grandparent, in accordance with the rules of evidence and that, if the parent's consent is proven by a preponderance of the evidence, the court may then determine if grandparent visitation is in the best interest of the minor grandchild.

Grandparent; petition for visitation.

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-02	House	Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2024-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-01-29	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2024-01-19	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-19	House	Presented and ordered printed 24105787D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1481
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1481+hil