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Assembly Bill A6570

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a parent and education awareness program

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2025-A6570 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Add §212, Dom Rel L; add Art 6 Part 4-A §§665 - 670, Fam Ct Act

2025-A6570 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a parent and education awareness program to raise parental awareness of the harmful effects of conflict on their children and expose parents to better ways to support their children during a family transition.

2025-A6570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6570
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  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  requiring  that  parents  involved in contested divorce,
   separation, visitation, or other family actions in supreme  or  family
   courts attend a certified parent education and awareness program
 
   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 212 to read as follows:
   §  212. PARENT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "COURT" SHALL MEAN A JUSTICE,  JUDGE,  JUDICIAL  HEARING  OFFICER,
 MATRIMONIAL  REFEREE,  COURT  ATTORNEY-REFEREE, OR SUPPORT MAGISTRATE IN
 ANY NEW YORK COURT WHO HANDLES ISSUES OF CHILD  CUSTODY  AND  VISITATION
 AND CHILD SUPPORT.
   (B)  "GUIDELINES" SHALL MEAN THE GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR CERTIF-
 ICATION OF PARENT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAMS, WHICH SHALL  CONTAIN
 THE  MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PARENT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAMS TO BE
 CERTIFIED AND APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION  TO  ACCEPT
 PARTICIPANTS  REFERRED  TO  SUCH PROGRAMS BY NEW YORK COURTS PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION.
   (C) "PARENT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM" SHALL  MEAN  A  NEW  YORK
 STATE  PARENT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM CERTIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF
 COURT ADMINISTRATION.
   (D) "PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED  BY  THE
 COURT  SYSTEM  TO OVERSEE THE OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE PARENT
 EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAM AND INTERFACE WITH PARENT EDUCATION  AND
 AWARENESS PROGRAM PROVIDERS.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10003-01-5
 A. 6570                             2
 
              

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