Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosures for a buyer to beware; residential building energy analyst. Adds obtaining a residential building energy analysis to the disclosure statement furnished to the buyer by the owner of residential real property that the buyer beware and exercise necessary due diligence with respect to determining the condition of real property or any improvements thereon. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Commission and is identical to HB 518.
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Juvenile and domestic relations district court;award of attorney fees. Permits a juvenile and domestic relationsdistrict court judge to take all relevant factors, in addition tothe relative financial ability of the parties, into considerationwhen awarding attorney fees and costs.
Initial child support order; unreimbursed medicalexpenses for pregnancy and birth. Provides that for any initialchild support proceeding that is commenced within six months of thebirth of a child, the order shall provide that the parents pay inproportion to their gross incomes any reasonable and necessary unpaidexpenses of the mother's pregnancy and the delivery of such child.
Accrual of cause of action; diagnoses of nonmalignant and malignant asbestos-related injury or disease. Provides that a diagnosis of a nonmalignant asbestos-related injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant asbestos-related injury or disease and that such subsequent diagnosis shall constitute a separate injury that shall accrue an action when such diagnosis is first communicated to the person or his agent by a physician. The bill is intended to reverse Kiser v. A.W. Chesteron, 285 Va. 12 (2013). This bill is identical to HB 781.
Child support; assignment of tax credits. Providesthat the court may assign a party in a child support proceeding theright to claim any credits resulting from the income tax dependencyexemption for any child or children of the parties for federal andstate income tax purposes.
Spousal support; reservation of right to seek;material change of circumstances. Provides that, unless otherwiseprovided by stipulation or contract, or unless otherwise orderedby the court, a party seeking to exercise his reserved right to spousalsupport shall be required to prove that a material change of circumstanceshas occurred as a prerequisite for the court to consider exerciseof such reservation.
Access to minor's child-care records by parent. Provides that, absent a court order, a minor's records from a child day center or family day home shall not be withheld from a parent of such minor, regardless of whether the parent has custody of such child.
Commending the Woodbridge Senior High Schoolwrestling team.
Commending the Prince William County PublicSchools Aquatics Center.
Commending Frank J. Principi.