Bill Text: NY A06322 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Repeals certain requirements for a petition for a judicial appointment of a standby guardian of an infant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to judiciary [A06322 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06322-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6322

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 12, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary

        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 79 of the laws of 2018, 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, or  finds  that
     6  the petitioner may become subject to administrative separation, and that
     7  the]  interests  of  the infant will be promoted by the appointment of a
     8  standby guardian of the person and/or property it  must  make  a  decree
     9  accordingly.
    10    §  2.  Subparagraph  (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section
    11  1726 of the surrogate's court procedure act is REPEALED.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    13  have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07152-01-1