Assembly Bill A7165

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to limitations on the granting of custody of a minor

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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-A7165 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§240 & 70, Dom Rel L; amd §651, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4278
2011-2012: A4529
2013-2014: A1751
2015-2016: A2381
2017-2018: A2231
2019-2020: A758
2023-2024: A5155

2021-A7165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a court from granting custody of a minor to anyone who has been convicted of any of the enumerated sex crimes except where a court finds there is no significant risk to the child.

2021-A7165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7165
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 23, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TANNOUSIS  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act,  in
   relation to the granting of custody of a minor
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 240 of the domestic relations law,
 as added by section 103 of chapter 398 of the laws of  1997,  is  renum-
 bered subdivision 6 and a new subdivision 7 is added to read as follows:
   7.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO
 COURT SHALL AWARD CUSTODY TO OR ALLOW  UNSUPERVISED  VISITATION  WITH  A
 PARENT  OR  ANY OTHER PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF VIOLATING SECTION
 130.20 (SEXUAL MISCONDUCT); 130.25 (RAPE IN THE  THIRD  DEGREE);  130.30
 (RAPE  IN  THE SECOND DEGREE); 130.35 (RAPE IN THE FIRST DEGREE); 130.40
 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE THIRD DEGREE); 130.45 (CRIMINAL  SEXUAL  ACT
 IN THE SECOND DEGREE); 130.50 (CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACT IN THE FIRST DEGREE);
 130.55  (SEXUAL  ABUSE IN THE THIRD DEGREE); 130.60 (SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE
 SECOND DEGREE); 130.65  (SEXUAL  ABUSE  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE);  130.67
 (AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE SECOND DEGREE); 130.70 (AGGRAVATED SEXU-
 AL  ABUSE  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE); 255.25 (INCEST IN THE THIRD DEGREE);
 255.26 (INCEST IN THE  SECOND  DEGREE);  255.27  (INCEST  IN  THE  FIRST
 DEGREE);  263.05  (USE  OF  A  CHILD  IN  A  SEXUAL PERFORMANCE); 263.10
 (PROMOTING AN OBSCENE SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD); 263.15  (PROMOTING
 A SEXUAL PERFORMANCE BY A CHILD); 235.21 (DISSEMINATING INDECENT MATERI-
 AL TO MINORS IN THE SECOND DEGREE); 235.22 (DISSEMINATING INDECENT MATE-
 RIAL  TO  MINORS IN THE FIRST DEGREE); 230.30 (PROMOTING PROSTITUTION IN
 THE SECOND DEGREE); 230.32 (PROMOTING PROSTITUTION IN THE FIRST DEGREE);
 OR SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION  230.25  (PROMOTING  PROSTITUTION  IN  THE
 THIRD  DEGREE) OF THE PENAL LAW, UNLESS THE COURT FINDS THAT THERE IS NO
 SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE CHILD.
   § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 70 of the domestic relations  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  457  of  the  laws  of 1988, is amended to read as
 follows:
 
              

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