Senate Bill S735

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the permanent termination of parental rights for reason of developmental disabilities; repealer

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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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2017-S735 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §384-b, rpld sub 6, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2835
2011-2012: S3026
2013-2014: S7334
2015-2016: S3660

2017-S735 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the permanent termination of parental rights for reason of developmental disabilities.

2017-S735 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S735 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    735
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  the  permanent
   termination  of  parental rights for reason of developmental disabili-
   ties; and to repeal subdivision 6 of section 384-b of such law  relat-
   ing thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 384-b of the social services  law,
 as added by chapter 666 of the laws of 1976, paragraph (b) as amended by
 chapter  284 of the laws of 1981, paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 37
 of the laws of 2016, paragraph (d) as amended by chapter 739 of the laws
 of 1981 and paragraph (e) as amended by section 56 of part A of  chapter
 3 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  An order committing the guardianship and custody of a child pursu-
 ant to this section shall be granted  only  upon  one  or  more  of  the
 following grounds:
   (a)  Both parents of the child are dead, and no guardian of the person
 of such child has been lawfully appointed; or
   (b) The parent or parents, whose consent to the adoption of the  child
 would otherwise be required in accordance with section one hundred elev-
 en of the domestic relations law, abandoned such child for the period of
 six  months immediately prior to the date on which the petition is filed
 in the court; or
   (c) [The parent or parents, whose consent to the adoption of the child
 would otherwise be required in accordance with section one hundred elev-
 en of the domestic relations law, are presently and for the  foreseeable
 future  unable,  by reason of mental illness or intellectual disability,
 to provide proper and adequate care for a child who has been in the care
 of an authorized agency for the period of one year immediately prior  to
 the date on which the petition is filed in the court; or

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

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