Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 13, 2010 |
signed chap.343 |
Aug 03, 2010 |
delivered to governor |
May 12, 2010 |
returned to assembly passed senate |
May 04, 2010 |
3rd reading cal.433 substituted for s3868a |
Mar 11, 2010 |
referred to codes delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 06, 2010 |
ordered to third reading cal.601 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 22, 2009 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.554 rules report cal.554 reported |
Jun 08, 2009 |
reported referred to rules |
Jun 02, 2009 |
reported referred to codes |
May 27, 2009 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A8524
Signed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SCARBOROUGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-A8524 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S3868
- Law Section:
- Family Court Act
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 6 Part 1-A §§635 - 637, amd §1089, Fam Ct Act; amd §384-b, Soc Serv L
2009-A8524 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A8524 REVISED 6/10/09 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the family court act and the social services law, in relation to restoration of parental rights This is one in a series of measures being introduced at the request of the Chief Administrative Judge upon the recommendation of her Family Court Advisory and Rules Committee. This measure would amend provisions of the Family Court Act and the Social Services Law to authorize Family Court, in narrowly-defined circumstances, to restore a birth parent's parental rights after they have been terminated. New York State has progressed far from the days when adolescents were not deemed candidates for either meaningful permanency planning, foster care or adoption, and when many were simply relegated to congregate care settings and, when they reached 18, released to "independent living," an unrealistic status that for too many meant homelessness. The State's 2005 permanency legislation recognized that teens in out-of-home care require services to start preparing them for independence in adulthood starting at age 14, but, at the same time, that if they are neither living with their own families, nor adopted, they need to have a "significant connection to an adult willing to be a permanency resource..." See L. 2005, c. 3; Family Court Act 51089. Not infrequent- ly, the 'significant connection" that would fulfill a child's best
2009-A8524 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8524 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, WEINSTEIN, ESPAILLAT -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the family court act and the social services law, in relation to restoration of parental rights THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 6 of the family court act is amended by adding a new part 1-A to read as follows: PART 1-A MODIFICATION OF DISPOSITION; RESTORATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS SECTION 635. PETITION TO RESTORE PARENTAL RIGHTS. 636. ORIGINATING A PROCEEDING TO RESTORE PARENTAL RIGHTS; SERVICE AND VENUE. 637. BURDEN OF PROOF, DISPOSITION AND FINDINGS. S 635. PETITION TO RESTORE PARENTAL RIGHTS. A PETITION TO MODIFY A DISPOSITION ORDERED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE OR PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR-B OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW IN ORDER TO RESTORE PARENTAL RIGHTS MAY BE FILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PART WHERE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET: (A) THE ORDER COMMITTING GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY OF THE CHILD HAD BEEN ISSUED TWO OR MORE YEARS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF FILING OF THE PETI- TION UNDER THIS SECTION; AND (B) THE ORDER COMMITTING GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY OF THE CHILD HAD BEEN BASED UPON AN ADJUDICATION UPON GROUNDS ENUMERATED IN PARAGRAPH (B), (C) OR (D) OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR-B OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW; AND (C) THE PETITION ALLEGES THAT THE PETITIONER OR PETITIONERS AND THE RESPONDENT OR RESPONDENTS IN THE PROCEEDING IN WHICH GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY HAD BEEN COMMITTED CONSENT TO THE RELIEF REQUESTED IN THE PETI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10367-03-9
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