Bill Text: NY S05227 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Repeals certain requirements for a petition for a judicial appointment of a standby guardian of an infant.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-06 - referred to judiciary [S05227 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S05227-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5227--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 8, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the surrogate's court procedure act, in relation to
requirements for a petition for a judicial appointment of a standby
guardian of an infant; and to repeal subparagraph (ii) of paragraph
(b) of subdivision 3 of section 1726 of the surrogate's court proce-
dure act, relating thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 3 of
2 section 1726 of the surrogate's court procedure act, as amended by chap-
3 ter 632 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
4 (i) If the court finds that the [petitioner suffers from a progres-
5 sively chronic illness or an irreversibly fatal illness and that the]
6 interests of the infant will be promoted by the appointment of a standby
7 guardian of the person and/or property it must make a decree according-
8 ly.
9 S 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section
10 1726 of the surrogate's court procedure act is REPEALED.
11 S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10950-02-5
