NY S09746 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on June 5 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-06-05 - referred to judiciary
Pending: Assembly Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Relates to automatic orders in matrimonial actions; provides that in the event that the governor declares an emergency which results in issuance by the judiciary of an administrative order which prohibits the filing of the summons or the summons and verified complaint during the emergency, then the automatic orders shall be binding upon the plaintiff and the defendant immediately upon service of the summons upon defendant, but shall have no force and effect unless: the plaintiff purchases an index number for the action within twenty-one days of the date of service upon the defendant of the summons with notice or the summons and verified complaint; or plaintiff applies for poor person status within twenty-one days of the date of service on the defendant of the summons with notice or the summons and verified complaint, and, in the event that the application for poor person status is denied, the plaintiff pays an index number fee within one hundred twenty days after the date of a court order denying the plaintiff's application for waiver of the fee.

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Title

Relates to automatic orders in matrimonial actions; provides that in the event that the governor declares an emergency which results in issuance by the judiciary of an administrative order which prohibits the filing of the summons or the summons and verified complaint during the emergency, then the automatic orders shall be binding upon the plaintiff and the defendant immediately upon service of the summons upon defendant, but shall have no force and effect unless: the plaintiff purchases an index number for the action within twenty-one days of the date of service upon the defendant of the summons with notice or the summons and verified complaint; or plaintiff applies for poor person status within twenty-one days of the date of service on the defendant of the summons with notice or the summons and verified complaint, and, in the event that the application for poor person status is denied, the plaintiff pays an index number fee within one hundred twenty days after the date of a court order denying the plaintiff's application for waiver of the fee.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-06-05 - Senate - Senate Rules Committee Vote (Y: 16 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-06-05 - Senate - Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 43 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-06-05Assemblyreferred to judiciary
2024-06-05SenateDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2024-06-05SenatePASSED SENATE
2024-06-05SenateORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1803
2024-06-05SenateCOMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2024-05-28SenateREFERRED TO JUDICIARY

New York State Sources


Bill Comments

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