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Assembly Bill A4992

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Creates rebuttable presumption in child protective proceedings that proof of abuse of one child is evidence of abuse of any other sibling in household

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2011-A4992 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1046, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A4508

2011-A4992 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates rebuttable presumption in child protective proceedings under the family court act that proof of the abuse or neglect of one child is evidence of the abuse or neglect of any other child who is the legal responsibility of the parent or guardian.

2011-A4992 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4992

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. MAYERSOHN, SCHIMMINGER, CANESTRARI, HOOPER --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.   of  A.  COLTON,  FARRELL,  GALEF,  McENENY,
  NOLAN,  PAULIN,  PHEFFER,  SWEENEY, TITUS -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to evidence  of  abuse
  or neglect in child protective proceedings

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

  Section 1.  Paragraph (i) of subdivision (a) of section  1046  of  the
family  court  act,  as  added  by  chapter  962 of the laws of 1970, is
amended to read as follows:
  (i) proof of the abuse or neglect of one child  shall  [be  admissible
evidence  on  the issue] CREATE A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION of the abuse or
neglect of any other child of,  or  the  legal  responsibility  of,  the
respondent; and
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08644-01-1

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