Bill Text: NY A11298 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 11298 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that the judge shall not prohibit a parent from undergoing gender reassignment as a condition of custody.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-08-15 - referred to judiciary [A11298 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A11298-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          11298
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     August 15, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simotas) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to  the  custody
          of children
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 240 of the domestic relations  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6.  In  any  case  involving  the  custody of the child, when making a
     4  determination as to the best interests of the child, the judge shall not
     5  prohibit a parent from undergoing gender reassignment as a condition  of
     6  receiving custody.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05308-01-7