Bill Text: NY S03485 | 2015-2016 | 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 (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S03485 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03485-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3485
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 10, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
       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    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00288-01-5