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Assembly Bill A6171

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires a custodial parent who lives with a sex offender to provide that information to a non-custodial parent

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2025-A6171 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Add §240-e, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7564
2017-2018: A6331
2019-2020: A6704
2021-2022: A5500
2023-2024: A4262

2025-A6171 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a custodial parent who lives with a sex offender to provide that information to a non-custodial parent.

2025-A6171 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6171
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to requiring a
   custodial parent who lives with a sex offender to provide that  infor-
   mation to a non-custodial parent

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The domestic relations law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 240-e to read as follows:
   §  240-E.  REQUIRED  INFORMATION A CUSTODIAL PARENT MUST DISCLOSE TO A
 NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT. IF A CUSTODIAL PARENT LIVES WITH A  SEX  OFFENDER,
 SUCH  PARENT  SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION TO THE NON-
 CUSTODIAL PARENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08658-01-5

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