Alabama Legislative Process
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New Laws Filed in the 2010 Legislative Session
Bills relevant to family law practice will be listed here as often as possible
once the 2010 session begins.
House Bills
HB.
32 This
is a substantial revision of the grandparent visitation statute, §30-3-4.1
HB.
186. Division of military retirement limited to rank, grade, and pay
at time of granting of divorce.
H.B.
213. Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act.
H.B.
408 This bill would prohibit a court from modifying an order granting
custody of a child if the party who has custody is a member of the Alabama
National Guard or a branch of the armed services and he or she has been
called to active duty. This bill would provide exceptions if the court
determines that modifying the order is in the best interest of the child
and the party has either died while on active duty or is no longer able
to provide adequate care for the child.
H.B.
409 Clarify termination of alimony provision.
H.B.
478 Among other changes, this bill would eliminate the defense of
lack of knowledge of the existence of the order as an affirmative defense.
H.B.
479 Among other changes, expands and clarifies who is covered by
the Protection from Abuse Act.
H.B.
590 Would limit alimony to five years or the length of the marriage,
whichever is longer.
There are other House bills pending that could impact domestic relations
practitioers, but most at present are not close to passage and thus are
not listed. The page may be updated closer to the end of the legislative
session to include bills within range of passage.
Senate Bills
There are several Senate bills that are identical to House
Bills pending above. They are not listed separately here.