Assembly Bill A5371

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a presumption of shared parenting of minor children in matrimonial and family court proceedings

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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-A5371 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2576
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§70 & 240, add §240-d, Dom Rel L; add §§654 & 654-a, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5206
2013-2014: S5316
2015-2016: S2382
2017-2018: S2577
2019-2020: S2916
2023-2024: A3671

2021-A5371 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a presumption of shared parenting of minor children in matrimonial and family court proceedings.

2021-A5371 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   5371
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MANKTELOW  --  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  establishing  a presumption of shared parenting of minor
   children in matrimonial and family court proceedings

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature hereby finds and
 declares that it is the public policy of the state to assure minor chil-
 dren have frequent and continuing contact with both  parents  after  the
 parents have separated or dissolved their marriage and that it is in the
 public  interest  to encourage parents to share the rights and responsi-
 bilities of child-rearing in order to effectuate  this  policy.  At  the
 outset  and  thereafter,  in  any proceeding where there is at issue the
 custody of a minor child, the court may,  during  the  pendency  of  the
 proceeding or at any time thereafter, make such order for the custody of
 minor  children  as may seem necessary or proper. The provisions of this
 act establish a presumption, affecting the burden of proof, that  shared
 parenting is in the best interests of minor children.
   §  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:
   (a)   Where a minor child is residing within this state, either parent
 may apply to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus to have  such
 minor  child  brought  before such court; and on the return thereof, the
 court, on due consideration, [may] SHALL award the natural guardianship,
 charge and custody of such child to [either parent] BOTH PARENTS, IN THE
 ABSENCE OF AN ALLEGATION THAT SUCH SHARED PARENTING WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL
 TO SUCH CHILD, for such time, under such regulations  and  restrictions,
 and  with  such  provisions and directions, as the case may require, and
 may at any time thereafter vacate or modify such order.  [In  all  cases

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

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