S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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48
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, TAGUE, MANKTELOW,
GALLAHAN, LEMONDES, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
K. BROWN, DeSTEFANO, DiPIETRO, PALMESANO -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to the
distribution of a decedent's estate
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The estates, powers and trusts law is amended by adding a
new section 4-1.7 to read as follows:
§ 4-1.7 DISQUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS FROM TAKING A DISTRIBUTIVE
SHARE
(A) NO DISTRIBUTIVE SHARE IN THE ESTATE OF A DECEDENT SHALL BE ALLOWED
TO A PERSON CONVICTED OF COMMITTING OR ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT A SEX
OFFENSE DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW WHERE THE
VICTIM WAS THE DECEDENT.
(B) IN THE EVENT THAT A PERSON IS DISQUALIFIED FROM TAKING A DISTRIBU-
TIVE SHARE IN THE ESTATE OF A DECEDENT, UNDER THIS SECTION, THE ESTATE
OF SUCH DECEDENT SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 4-1.1 AS THOUGH
SUCH PERSON HAD PREDECEASED THE DECEDENT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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