S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5476
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 24, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law and the surrogate's
court procedure act, in relation to making technical corrections
related to marriage equality
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraphs 6 and 7 of paragraph (a) of section 4-1.1 of
the estates, powers and trusts law, as amended by chapter 595 of the
laws of 1992, are amended to read as follows:
(6) One or more grandparents or the issue of grandparents (as herein-
after defined), and no spouse, issue, parent or issue of parents, one-
half to the surviving [paternal] grandparent or grandparents OF ONE
PARENTAL SIDE, or if neither of them survives the decedent, to their
issue, by representation, and the other one-half to the surviving
[maternal] grandparent or grandparents OF THE OTHER PARENTAL SIDE, or if
neither of them survives the decedent, to their issue, by represen-
tation; provided that if the decedent was not survived by a grandparent
or grandparents on one side or by the issue of such grandparents, the
whole to the surviving grandparent or grandparents on the other side, or
if neither of them survives the decedent, to their issue, by represen-
tation, in the same manner as the one-half. For the purposes of this
subparagraph, issue of grandparents shall not include issue more remote
than grandchildren of such grandparents.
(7) Great-grandchildren of grandparents, and no spouse, issue, parent,
issue of parents, grandparent, children of grandparents or grandchildren
of grandparents, one-half to the great-grandchildren of the [paternal]
grandparents OF ONE PARENTAL SIDE, per capita, and the other one-half to
the great-grandchildren of the [maternal] grandparents OF THE OTHER
PARENTAL SIDE, per capita; provided that if the decedent was not
survived by great-grandchildren of grandparents on one side, the whole
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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to the great-grandchildren of grandparents on the other side, in the
same manner as the one-half.
S 2. Paragraph (d) of section 6-2.2 of the estates, powers and trusts
law, as amended by chapter 480 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read
as follows:
(d) A disposition of real property, or a disposition on or after Janu-
ary first, nineteen hundred ninety-six of the shares of stock of a coop-
erative apartment corporation allocated to an apartment or unit together
with the appurtenant proprietary lease, to persons who are not legally
married to one another but who are described in the disposition as
husband and wife, SPOUSES, HUSBANDS, OR WIVES creates in them a joint
tenancy, unless expressly declared to be a tenancy in common.
S 3. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 1001 of the surrogate's
court procedure act, as amended by chapter 595 of the laws of 1992, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) [the father or mother] EITHER PARENT,
S 4. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 1310 of the surrogate's
court procedure act, as amended by chapter 514 of the laws of 1993, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) [the father or mother] EITHER PARENT,
S 5. Subdivision 2 of section 1704 of the surrogate's court procedure
act, as amended by chapter 404 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read
as follows:
2. The names of the [father and the mother] PARENTS whose consent to
the adoption of a child would have been required pursuant to section one
hundred eleven of the domestic relations law or who was entitled to
notice of an adoption proceeding pursuant to section one hundred
eleven-a of the domestic relations law, and whether or not they are
living or have had their parental rights terminated pursuant to section
three hundred eighty-three-c, section three hundred eighty-four or
section three hundred eighty-four-b of the social services law or
section six hundred thirty-one of the family court act, and if living,
their domiciles, the name and address of the person with whom the infant
resides and the names and addresses of the nearest distributees of full
age who are domiciliaries, if both [father and mother] PARENTS are dead.
S 6. Subdivision 3 of section 1752 of the surrogate's court procedure
act, as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as
follows:
3. the names of the [father, the mother] PARENTS, children, adult
siblings if eighteen years of age or older, the spouse and primary care
physician if other than a physician having submitted a certification
with the petition, if any, of the mentally retarded or developmentally
disabled person and whether or not they are living, and if living, their
addresses and the names and addresses of the nearest distributees of
full age who are domiciliaries, if both parents are dead;
S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.