Assembly Bill A8598

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to inheritance by children conceived after the death of a genetic parent

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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-A8598 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6698
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Estates, Powers and Trusts Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4-1.3 & 5-1.2, EPT L

2019-A8598 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to inheritance by children conceived after the death of a genetic parent; provides that a genetic child is a distributee of his or her genetic parent if, absent clear and convincing evidence of a contrary intention of the deceased genetic parent, it is established that the person giving birth to the child is the surviving spouse of the genetic parent; the genetic material was collected after the genetic parent's death; and at the time of the genetic parent's death no divorce proceeding was pending.

2019-A8598 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8598
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  estates,  powers and trusts law, in relation to
   inheritance by children conceived after the death of a genetic parent
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  1  of paragraph (a) of section 4-1.3 of the
 estates, powers and trusts law, as added by chapter 439 of the  laws  of
 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  "Genetic  parent" shall mean a [man] PERSON who provides sperm or
 [a woman who provides] ova used to conceive a child after the  death  of
 the [man or woman] PERSON.
   §  2. Paragraph (b) of section 4-1.3 of the estates, powers and trusts
 law, as added by chapter 439 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (b)  For  purposes of this article AND EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH
 (B-1) OF THIS SECTION, a genetic child is the child of his or her genet-
 ic parent or parents and, notwithstanding paragraph (c) of section 4-1.1
 of this part, is a distributee of his or her genetic parent  or  parents
 and,  notwithstanding subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of section 2-1.3
 of this chapter, is included in any disposition of property  to  persons
 described  in  any  instrument  of which a genetic parent of the genetic
 child was the creator as the issue, children, descendants, heirs,  heirs
 at  law, next of kin, distributee (or by any term of like import) of the
 creator if it is established that:
   (1) the genetic parent in a written instrument  executed  pursuant  to
 the  provisions  of  this  section  not more than seven years before the
 death of the genetic parent:
   (A) expressly consented to the use of his or her genetic  material  to
 posthumously conceive his or her genetic child, and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13741-01-9
              

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