| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to children and families |
| Feb 23, 2011 |
referred to children and families |
Senate Bill S3492
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee
Actions
2011-S3492 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S3492 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3492
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the custody of
children
PURPOSE OF BILL:
To prevent a judge from considering a parent's option
to undergo gender reassignment when making a determination in a child
custody case.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 240 of the domestic relations
law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6 which states that in a
case involving the custody of a child, the judge shall not prohibit a
parent from undergoing reassignment as a condition of receiving
custody.
JUSTIFICATION:
Gender or Sex reassignment surgery is a term for the
surgical procedures by which a person's physical appearance and
function of their existing sexual characteristics are changed to that
of the other sex. It is part of a treatment for gender identity
disorder in transsexual and transgender people. In most
jurisdictions, people interested in undergoing gender reassignment
2011-S3492 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3492
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 23, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. DUANE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the custody
of children
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 240 of the domestic relations law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
6. IN ANY CASE INVOLVING THE CUSTODY OF THE CHILD, WHEN MAKING A
DETERMINATION AS TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD, THE JUDGE SHALL NOT
PROHIBIT A PARENT FROM UNDERGOING GENDER REASSIGNMENT AS A CONDITION OF
RECEIVING CUSTODY.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00656-01-1
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