Bill Text: NY A08924 | 2021-2022 | 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 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-19 - referred to judiciary [A08924 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A08924-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8924 IN ASSEMBLY January 19, 2022 ___________ 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 § 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- 23 tary academies shall not be deemed emancipated solely for attending such 24 educational institution. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14238-01-2A. 8924 2 1 § 3. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 413 2 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 567 of the laws of 1989, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 (2) "Child support" shall mean a sum to be 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 subparagraph, a child under the age of twenty-one years who attends 9 a 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 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.