Bill Text: NY A07741 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Repeals certain requirements for a petition for a judicial appointment of a standby guardian of an infant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to judiciary [A07741 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A07741-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7741--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 26, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE, MAGNARELLI, MAGEE -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
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 632 of the laws of 2003, 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 and that the]
6 interests of the infant will be promoted by the appointment of a standby
7 guardian of the person and/or property it must make a decree according-
8 ly.
9 S 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section
10 1726 of the surrogate's court procedure act is REPEALED.
11 S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10950-04-5
