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Assembly Bill A23

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized

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2015-A23 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3485
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง110, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9710, S7515
2017-2018: A2001, S5142
2019-2020: A460, S3999

2015-A23 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized.

2015-A23 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   23

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, BARRETT, GOTTFRIED, FAHY, CLARK, RYAN,
  SKARTADOS, TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  RIVERA  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to adoption by a
  petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized

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

  Section 1. Section 110 of the domestic relations  law  is  amended  by
adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
  A  PETITION TO ADOPT, PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THIS ARTICLE, WHERE THE
PETITIONER'S PARENTAGE IS LEGALLY-RECOGNIZED UNDER NEW  YORK  STATE  LAW
SHALL  NOT BE DENIED SOLELY ON THE BASIS THAT THE PETITIONER'S PARENTAGE
IS ALREADY LEGALLY-RECOGNIZED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00288-01-5

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