Bill Text: NY A05720 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows family court to issue temporary spousal support when issuing either a temporary order of protection or a temporary order for child support.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - held for consideration in judiciary [A05720 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05720-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5720 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO, BARCLAY, DeSTEFANO, HAWLEY, KOLB, LAWRENCE, McDONOUGH, MIKULIN, B. MILLER, PALMESANO, REILLY, TAGUE, WALSH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to issuing temporary spousal support The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 4 of section 828 of the 2 family court act, the section heading as amended and subdivision 4 as 3 added by chapter 222 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as 4 follows: 5 Temporary order of protection; temporary order for child support, 6 and/or spousal support. 7 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section eight hundred seventeen 8 of this article the court may, together with a temporary order of 9 protection issued pursuant to this section, issue an order for temporary 10 child support and/or temporary spousal support, in an amount sufficient 11 to meet the needs of the child and/or spouse, without a showing of imme- 12 diate or emergency need. The court shall make an order for temporary 13 child support and/or temporary spousal support notwithstanding that 14 information with respect to income and assets of the respondent may be 15 unavailable. Where such information is available, the court may make an 16 award for temporary child support pursuant to the formula set forth in 17 subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen of this act and for 18 temporary spousal support pursuant to the formula set forth in subdivi- 19 sion six of section two hundred thirty-six of the domestic relations 20 law. An order making such award shall be deemed to have been issued 21 pursuant to article four of this act. Upon making an order for temporary 22 child support pursuant to this subdivision, the court shall advise the 23 petitioner of the availability of child support enforcement services by EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06944-01-9A. 5720 2 1 the support collection unit of the local department of social services, 2 to enforce the temporary order and to assist in securing continued child 3 support, and shall set the support matter down for further proceedings 4 in accordance with article four of this act. 5 Where the court determines that the respondent has employer-provided 6 medical insurance, the court may further direct, as part of an order of 7 temporary child support under this subdivision, that a medical support 8 execution be issued and served upon the respondent's employer as 9 provided for in section fifty-two hundred forty-one of the civil prac- 10 tice law and rules. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law.
