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Assembly Bill A7222

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Outlines when the consent of the father of a child born out of wedlock is required for the adoption of such child

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2009-A7222 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง111, Dom Rel L

2009-A7222 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends provisions denoting instances where the consent of the father of a child born out of wedlock is required for the adoption of such child to provide that such consent is required under any of the following circumstances: the father lives with the child prior to placement for adoption, or the father claims paternity, or the father pays a reasonable sum toward the expenses, pregnancy and birth or the father initiates custody proceeding or he marries the mother.

2009-A7222 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7222

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Judiciary

AN  ACT  to  amend  the domestic relations law, in relation to outlining
  when the consent of the father of a  child  born  out  of  wedlock  is
  required for adoption of such child

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 111 of the domes-
tic relations law, as added by chapter 575  of  the  laws  of  1980,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (e)  Of  the  father, whether adult or infant, of a child born out-of-
wedlock who is under the age of six months at the time he is placed  for
adoption,  but  only if:  (i) such father openly lived with the child or
the child's mother [for a continuous period of  six  months  immediately
preceding]  PRIOR  TO  the placement of the child for adoption; [and] OR
(ii) such father openly held himself out to be the father of such  child
during  such  period; [and] OR (iii) such father paid a fair and reason-
able sum, in accordance with his means, for the  medical,  hospital  and
nursing  expenses  incurred in connection with the mother's pregnancy or
with the birth of the child; OR (IV) SUCH FATHER HAS INITIATED  JUDICIAL
PROCEEDINGS  TO  OBTAIN  CUSTODY  OF  THE  CHILD; OR (V) SUCH FATHER HAS
MARRIED THE CHILD'S MOTHER.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, necessary  rules  and
regulations   may   be  promulgated  to  ensure  implementation  of  the
provisions of this act on such effective date.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08696-01-9

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