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Assembly Bill A260

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Exempts parties liable for failure to obey or enforce domestic violence orders of protection or temporary orders of protection from limited liability provisions

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2015-A260 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1602, CPLR
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5516
2011-2012: A2020, A2350
2013-2014: A1395, A899
2017-2018: A734, A1390
2019-2020: A5614

2015-A260 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts parties liable for failure to obey or enforce certain child protective, domestic relations, or domestic violence orders of protection or temporary orders of protection from limited liability provisions pertaining to non-economic loss and providing for limitation of joint liability.

2015-A260 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   260

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN, TITONE, JAFFEE, PERRY, ZEBROWSKI,
  MILLER, PAULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FAHY, GLICK  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to exempt-
  ing  parties  liable  for failure to obey or enforce certain orders of
  protection or temporary orders of protection in domestic  violence  or
  domestic  relations  matters from the provisions of article sixteen of
  such law, entitled "limited liability of persons jointly liable"

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

  Section 1. Section 1602 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
by adding a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
  14.  NOT  APPLY  TO  ANY PARTY HELD LIABLE FOR CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE
FAILURE TO OBEY OR ENFORCE (A) AN ORDER OF  PROTECTION  OR  A  TEMPORARY
ORDER  OF  PROTECTION ISSUED OR MODIFIED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOUR, FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT OR TEN OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT, SECTION 530.12 OF  THE
CRIMINAL  PROCEDURE LAW, SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY OR TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-
TWO OF THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW, OR (B)  AN  ORDER  OF  PROTECTION  OR
TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION ISSUED OR MODIFIED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION IN ANOTHER STATE, TERRITORIAL OR TRIBAL JURISDICTION.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00110-01-5

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