Bill Text: NY A01097 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requiring the court to consider the best interest of a companion animal when awarding possession in a divorce or separation proceeding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to judiciary [A01097 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01097-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1097 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, L. ROSENTHAL, LUPARDO, COOK, VANEL, JEAN- PIERRE, JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI, MOSLEY, ABBATE, SEAWRIGHT, M. G. MILLER, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to requiring the court to consider the best interest of a companion animal when award- ing possession in a divorce or separation proceeding The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 14 of paragraph d of subdivision 5 of part B 2 of section 236 of the domestic relations law, as renumbered by chapter 3 229 of the laws of 2009, is renumbered subparagraph 15 and a new subpar- 4 agraph 14 is added to read as follows: 5 (14) in awarding the possession of a companion animal, the court shall 6 consider the best interest of such animal. "Companion animal," as used 7 in this subparagraph, shall have the same meaning as in subdivision five 8 of section three hundred fifty of the agriculture and markets law; 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05686-01-9
