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Assembly Bill A7794

Signed By Governor

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to orders for child support obligors to seek employment or participate in job training, employment counseling or other available programs

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2011-A7794 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4091
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§437-a & 454, Fam Ct Act; amd §111-h, Soc Serv L

2011-A7794 - Summary

Relates to orders for child support obligors to seek employment or participate in job training, employment counseling or other available programs designed to lead to employment.

2011-A7794 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7794

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 17, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. WEINSTEIN -- (at request of the Office of Court
  Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Judici-
  ary

AN  ACT  to  amend  the family court act and the social services law, in
  relation to orders for child support obligors to  seek  employment  or
  participate  in job training, employment counseling or other available
  programs designed to lead to employment

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

  Section  1. Section 437-a of the family court act, as added by chapter
182 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  S 437-a. Referral to work programs. In any  proceeding  to  establish,
MODIFY OR ENFORCE an order of support, if the [respondent] SUPPORT OBLI-
GOR  is unemployed, the court may require the [respondent] SUPPORT OBLI-
GOR to seek employment, or to participate in  job  training,  employment
counseling  or  other  programs  designed to lead to employment provided
such programs are available. The court shall not require  the  [respond-
ent]  SUPPORT OBLIGOR to seek employment or to participate in job train-
ing, employment counseling,  or  other  programs  designed  to  lead  to
employment  under this section if the [respondent] SUPPORT OBLIGOR is in
receipt of supplemental security income or  social  security  disability
benefits.
  S 2. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 2 of section 454 of the family court
act,  as added by chapter 214 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
follows:
  (h) the court may require the respondent[, if the persons for whom the
respondent has failed to pay support are applicants for or recipients of
public assistance,] to participate in  work  activities  as  defined  in
title  nine-B of article five of the social services law. Those respond-
ents ordered to participate in work activities need  not  be  applicants
for or recipients of public assistance.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09518-05-1

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2011-A7794A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4091
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §§437-a & 454, Fam Ct Act; amd §111-h, Soc Serv L

2011-A7794A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to orders for child support obligors to seek employment or participate in job training, employment counseling or other available programs designed to lead to employment.

2011-A7794A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7794--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 17, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEINSTEIN, WEPRIN -- (at request of the Office of
  Court  Administration)  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
  Judiciary -- reported and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the family court act and the  social  services  law,  in
  relation  to  orders  for child support obligors to seek employment or
  participate in job training, employment counseling or other  available
  programs designed to lead to employment

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

  Section 1. Section 437-a of the family court act, as added by  chapter
182 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  S  437-a.  Referral  to work programs. In any proceeding to establish,
DECREASE OR ENFORCE an order of support,  if  the  [respondent]  SUPPORT
OBLIGOR  is  unemployed,  the court may require the [respondent] SUPPORT
OBLIGOR to seek employment, or to participate in job  training,  employ-
ment  counseling  or  other  programs  designed  to  lead  to employment
provided such programs are available. The court shall  not  require  the
[respondent] SUPPORT OBLIGOR to seek employment or to participate in job
training,  employment  counseling, or other programs designed to lead to
employment under this section if the [respondent] SUPPORT OBLIGOR is  in
receipt  of  supplemental  security income or social security disability
benefits.
  S 2.  Subdivision 2 of section 454 of the family court act is  amended
by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
  (I) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (H) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
THE  COURT  MAY  REQUIRE  THE RESPONDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN JOB TRAINING,
EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING OR OTHER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO LEAD  TO  EMPLOYMENT
IF  AUTHORIZED  PURSUANT  TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN-A OF THIS
ARTICLE PROVIDED SUCH PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09518-07-1

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