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Senate Bill S1894

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that permanent impairment or incapacitation of one spouse shall not preclude husband and wife from adopting together or a competent spouse from adopting

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2011-S1894 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §110, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S3310

2011-S1894 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the permanent impairment or incapacitation of one spouse shall not preclude a husband and wife from adopting together or a competent spouse from adopting as a single parent.

2011-S1894 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S1894 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1894

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  OPPENHEIMER,  DILAN,  KRUEGER  --  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 who may adopt
  a person

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

  Section 1. The closing  paragraph  of  section  110  of  the  domestic
relations  law,  as added by chapter 522 of the laws of 1999, is amended
to read as follows:
  It shall be unlawful to preclude  a  prospective  adoptive  parent  or
parents  solely on the basis that the adoptor or [adopters] ADOPTORS has
had, or has cancer, or any other disease. THE  PERMANENT  IMPAIRMENT  OR
INCAPACITATION  OF ONE SPOUSE SHALL NOT PRECLUDE A HUSBAND AND WIFE FROM
ADOPTING TOGETHER OR THE COMPETENT SPOUSE  FROM  ADOPTING  AS  A  SINGLE
PARENT.  Nothing  herein  shall  prevent  the rejection of a prospective
applicant based upon his or her poor health or limited life expectancy.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06217-01-1

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