New York Senate Bill 5667 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on May 27 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-05-21 - PRINT NUMBER 5667B
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Enacts "The Divorce Reform Act of 2010"; provides that maintenance may be required to be paid either permanently or for a fixed period of time; provides that the failure to state in an agreement between the parties or in a court order that the remarriage of the recipient of maintenance shall cause the termination of such maintenance, shall not bar the termination thereof; makes the post-divorce standards of living of the parties and the loss of health insurance benefits factors in determining the disposition of property; establishes irreconcilable differences as a ground for divorce; provides for payment of attorneys' and expert fees in matrimonial actions, including to obtain maintenance or distribution of property after a foreign divorce.

Enacts "The Divorce Reform Act of 2010"; provides that maintenance may be required to be paid either permanently or for a fixed period of time; provides that the failure to state in an agreement between the parties or in a court order that the remarriage of the recipient of maintenance shall cause the termination of such maintenance, shall not bar the termination thereof; makes the post-divorce standards of living of the parties and the loss of health insurance benefits factors in determining the disposition of property; establishes irreconcilable differences as a ground for divorce; provides for payment of attorneys' and expert fees in matrimonial actions, including to obtain maintenance or distribution of property after a foreign divorce.

Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-05-21		PRINT NUMBER 5667B
2010-05-21		AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
2010-01-14		PRINT NUMBER 5667A
2010-01-14		AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY
2010-01-06		REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
2009-05-27		REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

A2580-B (Same As) 2010-10-01 - enacting clause stricken

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S05667&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S05667&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S05667B