Bill Text: NY S04256 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to child support for children over 21 years old who are severely and permanently mentally or physically disabled and unable to live independently.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S04256 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S04256-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4256 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 5, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to child support for any child over 21 years of age who is severely and permanently mental- ly or physically disabled and unable to live on their own The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 413 of the family court act is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (f-1) to read as follows: 3 (f-1) A parent may petition the court to order the continuation of 4 child support for a child over the age of twenty-one years, if such 5 child (i) is severely and permanently mentally or physically disabled, 6 as determined by the office for persons with developmental disabilities, 7 (ii) is unable to live independently or support himself or herself, and 8 (iii) resides in the home of the parent seeking or receiving child 9 support. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00386-01-9