Bill Text: NY S05142 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


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) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S05142 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05142-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5142
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 9, 2017
                                       ___________
        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    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01069-01-7
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