Assembly Bill A7293

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Removes disability benefits as a source of income for purposes of child support calculations

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A7293 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §413, Fam Ct Act; amd §240, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A11153

2011-A7293 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes disability benefits as a source of income for purposes of child support calculations.

2011-A7293 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7293

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 28, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Judiciary

AN  ACT to amend the family court act and the domestic relations law, in
  relation to removing disability benefits as a  source  of  income  for
  purposes of reducing a parent's child support calculations

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

  Section 1.  Clause (iii) of subparagraph 5 of paragraph (b) of  subdi-
vision  1  of section 413 of the family court act, as amended by chapter
567 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii) to the extent not already included in gross  income  in  clauses
(i)  and (ii) of this subparagraph, the amount of income or compensation
voluntarily deferred and income received, if  any,  from  the  following
sources:
  (A) workers' compensation,
  (B) [disability benefits,
  (C)] unemployment insurance benefits,
  [(D)] (C) social security benefits,
  [(E)] (D) veterans benefits,
  [(F)] (E) pensions and retirement benefits,
  [(G)] (F) fellowships and stipends, and
  [(H)] (G) annuity payments;
  S  2.  Clause  (iii) of subparagraph 5 of paragraph (b) of subdivision
1-b of section 240 of the domestic relations law, as  added  by  chapter
567 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii)  to  the  extent not already included in gross income in clauses
(i) and (ii) of this subparagraph, the amount of income or  compensation
voluntarily  deferred  and  income  received, if any, from the following
sources:
  (A) workers' compensation,
  (B) [disability benefits,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05403-01-1

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