Assembly Bill A8407

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring certain records checks in child custody proceedings; repealer

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee

  • 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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2025-A8407 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8198
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Rpld §842 8th undes ¶, amd §842, Fam Ct Act

2025-A8407 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring certain records checks in child custody proceedings involving orders of protection; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.

2025-A8407 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8407
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LAVINE  --  (at request of the Unified Court
   System) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to records  checks  in
   family offense cases involving custody of, or access to, children; and
   to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph  of  section  842  of  the
 family  court  act,  as  amended  by chapter 335 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   The court may also award custody of the child, during the term of  the
 order  of  protection  to  either  parent, or to an appropriate relative
 within the second degree.  PRIOR TO AWARDING CUSTODY  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 PARAGRAPH,  THE  COURT  SHALL  DIRECT  A  REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX
 HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ACT OF THE REPORTS OF THE SEX OFFENDER  REGIS-
 TRY  ESTABLISHED  AND  MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-
 EIGHT-B OF THE CORRECTION LAW, REPORTS  OF  THE  STATEWIDE  COMPUTERIZED
 REGISTRY  OF ORDERS OF PROTECTION ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, RELATED DECISIONS
 IN COURT PROCEEDINGS CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TEN OF THIS ACT,  AND
 ALL  WARRANTS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT. Nothing in this section gives
 the court power to place or board out any child or to commit a child  to
 an institution or agency.
   §  2.  The  eighth undesignated paragraph of section 842 of the family
 court act is REPEALED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08879-01-5

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