| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jun 05, 2012 | held for consideration in judiciary |
| Mar 02, 2012 | print number 6992a |
| Mar 02, 2012 | amend and recommit to judiciary |
| Jan 04, 2012 | referred to judiciary |
| Apr 07, 2011 | referred to judiciary |
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Co-Sponsors
Michael G. Miller
Sandy Galef
Vivian Cook
Janet Duprey
Multi-Sponsors
Clifford Crouch
Aileen Gunther
David McDonough
Marcus Molinaro
A6992 - Details
A6992 - Summary
Provides that in order to qualify to file for no fault divorce, where a marriage is broken down irretrievably and the non-petitioning spouse is a documented victim of domestic violence by the petitioning spouse, the non-petitioning spouse must consent to the divorce in order for it to occur.
A6992 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6992
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 7, 2011
___________
Introduced by M. of A. McENENY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to no-fault
divorce
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 170 of the domestic relations law,
as added by chapter 384 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
(7) The relationship between husband and wife has broken down irre-
trievably for a period of at least six months, provided that one party
has so stated under oath; PROVIDED, FURTHER, WHERE THE NON-PETITIONING
SPOUSE TO THE DIVORCE ACTION IS A DOCUMENTED VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
BY THE PETITIONING SPOUSE THE NON-PETITIONING SPOUSE MUST ACCEDE TO THE
DIVORCE IN ORDER FOR IT TO OCCUR. No judgment of divorce shall be
granted under this subdivision unless and until the economic issues of
equitable distribution of marital property, the payment or waiver of
spousal support, the payment of child support, the payment of counsel
and experts' fees and expenses as well as the custody and visitation
with the infant children of the marriage have been resolved by the
parties, or determined by the court and incorporated into the judgment
of divorce.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on the same date and in the same
manner as chapter 384 of the laws of 2010 took effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Co-Sponsors
Michael G. Miller
Sandy Galef
Vivian Cook
Janet Duprey
Multi-Sponsors
Clifford Crouch
Aileen Gunther
David McDonough
Teresa Sayward
A6992A (ACTIVE) - Details
A6992A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that in order to qualify to file for no fault divorce, where a marriage is broken down irretrievably and the non-petitioning spouse is a documented victim of domestic violence by the petitioning spouse, the non-petitioning spouse must consent to the divorce in order for it to occur.
A6992A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6992--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 7, 2011
___________
Introduced by M. of A. McENENY, M. MILLER, GALEF, COOK, DUPREY, WEPRIN
-- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, GUNTHER, McDONOUGH, SCARBOR-
OUGH, TITONE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance
with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to no-fault
divorce
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 170 of the domestic relations law,
as added by chapter 384 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
(7) The relationship between husband and wife has broken down irre-
trievably for a period of at least six months, provided that one party
has so stated under oath; PROVIDED, FURTHER, WHERE THE NON-PETITIONING
SPOUSE TO THE DIVORCE ACTION IS A DOCUMENTED VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
BY THE PETITIONING SPOUSE THE NON-PETITIONING SPOUSE MUST CONSENT TO THE
DIVORCE IN ORDER FOR IT TO OCCUR. No judgment of divorce shall be
granted under this subdivision unless and until the economic issues of
equitable distribution of marital property, the payment or waiver of
spousal support, the payment of child support, the payment of counsel
and experts' fees and expenses as well as the custody and visitation
with the infant children of the marriage have been resolved by the
parties, or determined by the court and incorporated into the judgment
of divorce.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on the same date and in the same
manner as chapter 384 of the laws of 2010 took effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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