Bill Text: NY A07798 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the revocatory effect of divorce.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to judiciary [A07798 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A07798-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7798 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 21, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- (at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici- ary AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to the revocatory effect of divorce and relatives of a former spouse The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 5-1.4 of the estates, powers and trusts law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows: 3 (g) The revocatory effect of paragraph (a) shall be presumed to apply 4 to a person in any relationship to the divorced individual that was 5 based upon said marriage, including but not limited to stepchildren, 6 stepgrandchildren and parents-in-law, unless there is substantial 7 evidence of the divorced individual's contrary intention. Testimony with 8 regard to such intention shall not be disqualified under CPLR 4519 9 provided that such testimony is supported by other evidence. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08874-01-1
