Relates to liability to support a child who is placed in foster care pursuant to an approved application for foster care maintenance; provides that such liability shall not be imposed if it will adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of the child on whose behalf such payments are to be made or other persons in the child's household or will adversely affect the length of the child's placement or impair the ability of the child to return home when discharged from foster care; limits the ability of a county or local social services district to cause a referral to be sent for the purpose of commencing collection of child support for a child placed in foster care.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1036
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. KIM, WILLIAMS, BENDETT, HEVESI, SIMONE, STECK --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to referrals for child
support enforcement for foster care maintenance payments
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 413 of the family court act, as
added by chapter 745 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
2. (A) Nothing in this article shall impose any liability upon a
person to support the adopted child of [his or her] SUCH PERSON'S
spouse, if such child was adopted after the adopting spouse is living
separate and apart from the non-adopting spouse pursuant to a legally
recognizable separation agreement or decree under the domestic relations
law. Such liability shall not be imposed for so long as the spouses
remain separate and apart after the adoption.
(B) NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL IMPOSE ANY LIABILITY UPON A PERSON
TO SUPPORT A CHILD WHO IS PLACED IN FOSTER CARE PURSUANT TO AN ORDER
ISSUED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, PURSUANT TO ANY APPLICATION
FOR SUPPORT UNDER THIS ARTICLE EXCEPT WHERE A COURT HAS FOUND A CHILD
WAS SUBJECTED TO AGGRAVATED CIRCUMSTANCES AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION (J)
OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND TWELVE OF THIS CHAPTER.
(C) NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH LIABILITY
SHALL NOT BE IMPOSED IF IT WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY OR
WELFARE OF THE CHILD ON WHOSE BEHALF SUCH PAYMENTS ARE TO BE MADE OR
OTHER PERSONS IN THE CHILD'S HOUSEHOLD OR WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE
LENGTH OF THE CHILD'S PLACEMENT OR IMPAIR THE ABILITY OF THE CHILD TO
RETURN HOME WHEN DISCHARGED FROM FOSTER CARE.
(D) NO COUNTY OR LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL CAUSE A REFERRAL
TO BE SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMENCING COLLECTION OF CHILD SUPPORT FOR
A CHILD PLACED IN FOSTER CARE UNLESS SUCH COUNTY OR DISTRICT HAS REASON
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00935-01-5
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