Assembly Bill A1044

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to name change upon marriage

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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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2019-A1044 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2505
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§15 & 14-a, Dom Rel L; amd §65, Civ Rts L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6649
2015-2016: A2580
2017-2018: A4098

2019-A1044 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to name change upon marriage.

2019-A1044 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1044
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. SIMOTAS, BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the civil rights law,  in
   relation to name changes upon marriage
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 "Jillian's Law".
   §  2.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 1 of section 15 of the domestic
 relations law, as added by chapter 583 of the laws of 1985,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) Every application for a marriage license shall contain a statement
 to the following effect:
                            NOTICE TO APPLICANTS
   (1)  Every  person  has the right to adopt any name by which he or she
 wishes to be known simply by using that name  consistently  and  without
 intent to defraud.
   (2)  A person's last name (surname) does not automatically change upon
 marriage, and neither party to the marriage must change his or her  last
 name. Parties to a marriage need not have the same last name.
   (3)  One or both parties to a marriage may elect to change the surname
 by which he or she wishes to be known after  the  solemnization  of  the
 marriage  by  entering the new name in the space below. Such entry shall
 consist of one of the following surnames:
   (i) the surname of the other spouse; or
   (ii) any former surname of either spouse; or
   (iii) a name combining into a single surname all or a segment  of  the
 premarriage surname or any former surname of each spouse; or
   (iv) a combination name separated by a hyphen, provided that each part
 of  such  combination  surname is the premarriage surname, or any former
 surname, of each of the spouses.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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