Bill Text: NY A08249 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to child support for children attending a college ROTC program, a military college, a military preparatory school or one of the United States military academies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to judiciary [A08249 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A08249-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8249
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 15, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- 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 child support for children attending a college ROTC
program, a military college, a military preparatory school or one of
the United States military academies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of part B of section 236 of
2 the domestic relations law, as amended by chapter 281 of the laws of
3 1980, is amended to read as follows:
4 f. The term "child support" shall mean a sum paid pursuant to court
5 order or decree by either or both parents or pursuant to a valid agree-
6 ment between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any
7 unemancipated child under the age of twenty-one years. FOR PURPOSES OF
8 THIS PARAGRAPH, A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS WHO ATTENDS A
9 COLLEGE RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) PROGRAM, A MILITARY
10 COLLEGE, A MILITARY PREPARATORY SCHOOL OR ONE OF THE UNITED STATES MILI-
11 TARY ACADEMIES SHALL NOT BE DEEMED EMANCIPATED SOLELY FOR ATTENDING SUCH
12 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
13 S 2. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1-b of section 240
14 of the domestic relations law, as added by chapter 567 of the laws of
15 1989, is amended to read as follows:
16 (2) "Child support" shall mean a sum to be paid pursuant to court
17 order or decree by either or both parents or pursuant to a valid agree-
18 ment between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any
19 unemancipated child under the age of twenty-one years. FOR PURPOSES OF
20 THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS WHO ATTENDS
21 A COLLEGE RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) PROGRAM, A MILITARY
22 COLLEGE, A MILITARY PREPARATORY SCHOOL OR ONE OF THE UNITED STATES MILI-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 TARY ACADEMIES SHALL NOT BE DEEMED EMANCIPATED SOLELY FOR ATTENDING SUCH
2 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
3 S 3. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 413
4 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 567 of the laws of 1989,
5 is amended to read as follows:
6 (2) "Child support" shall mean a sum to be paid pursuant to court
7 order or decree by either or both parents or pursuant to a valid agree-
8 ment between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any
9 unemancipated child under the age of twenty-one years. FOR PURPOSES OF
10 THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS WHO ATTENDS
11 A COLLEGE RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) PROGRAM, A MILITARY
12 COLLEGE, A MILITARY PREPARATORY SCHOOL OR ONE OF THE UNITED STATES MILI-
13 TARY ACADEMIES SHALL NOT BE DEEMED EMANCIPATED SOLELY FOR ATTENDING SUCH
14 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
15 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
