Bill Text: NY A02001 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-06 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [A02001 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02001-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2001
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 17, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, BARRETT, GOTTFRIED, FAHY, RYAN, SKARTA-
          DOS, TITONE, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RIVERA  --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to adoption by a
          petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 110 of the domestic relations  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
     3    A  petition to adopt, pursuant to the terms of this article, where the
     4  petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized under New  York  State  law
     5  shall  not be denied solely on the basis that the petitioner's parentage
     6  is already legally-recognized.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01069-01-7