NY A04559 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-06-03 - held for consideration in judiciary
Pending: Assembly Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-06-03 - held for consideration in judiciary
Pending: Assembly Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Establishes the "Family Court Reform Act of 2007." Makes numerous modifications to provisions of various laws relating to child custody matters.
Title
An act to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to establishing a presumption of shared parenting of minor children in matrimonial proceedings; to amend the domestic relations law, the social services law and the family court act, in relation to changing the denotation of visitation to parenting time; to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to matrimonial actions involving custody of children; and in relation to the obligations of child support; to amend the social services law, in relation to audits of support collection fiscal agents; to amend the family court act, in relation to opening all family court proceedings to the public; to amend the family court act, in relation to the review of evidence; to amend the family court act, in relation to DNA evidence when question of paternity; to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to parental access to information; to amend the family court act and the social services law, in relation to the payment of child support; and to repeal paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 1-b of section 240 of the domestic relations law relating to child support
Sponsors
| Asm. Marc Alessi [D] | Asm. Nancy Calhoun [R] | Asm. Clifford Crouch [R] | Asm. Gary Finch [R] |
| Asm. Joseph Giglio [R] | Asm. Tony Jordan [R] | Asm. Brian Kolb [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-03 | held for consideration in judiciary | |
| 2010-01-06 | referred to judiciary | |
| 2009-02-05 | referred to judiciary |
