Assembly Bill A640

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring all parties to an annulment or divorce to remove religious barriers to remarriage

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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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2021-A640 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §253, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10171
2019-2020: A392
2023-2024: A215

2021-A640 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring all parties to an annulment or divorce to remove religious barriers to remarriage within ninety days of filing for such annulment or divorce or be subject to a fine of twenty-five hundred dollars per week.

2021-A640 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    640
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to requiring all
   parties to an annulment or divorce to  remove  religious  barriers  to
   remarriage

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 253 of the domestic relations  law
 is renumbered subdivision 10 and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as
 follows:
   9. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO, THREE, FOUR AND
 FIVE OF THIS SECTION, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ANNUL A MARRIAGE OR
 TO  FILE  FOR  A  DIVORCE,  BOTH  PARTIES  SHALL REMOVE ANY RELIGIOUS OR
 CONSCIENTIOUS BARRIER TO REMARRIAGE AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION  SIX  OF
 THIS SECTION WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF FILING FOR SUCH ANNULMENT OR DIVORCE.
 A  PERSON  WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER WEEK UNTIL
 SUCH BARRIERS TO REMARRIAGE ARE REMOVED,  UNLESS  THE  OTHER  PARTY  HAS
 WAIVED IN WRITING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall  have  become a law and shall apply to actions and proceedings
 commenced on or after such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00620-01-1

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