Appointment of Attorneys for Dependent Children with Certain Special Needs
Summary
Appointment of Attorneys for Dependent Children with Certain Special Needs; Revising the circumstances under which the court must appoint an attorney for a dependent child; increasing the maximum attorney fees that may be charged per child per year by attorneys appointed to represent dependent children; requiring the Department of Children and Families to enter into an agreement with the Justice Administrative Commission to obtain specified federal funds, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Last action May 5, 2023
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Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 9, 2023
Committee
Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jennifer Bradley
RRepublican
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