Bill Text: NY S03999 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to adoption by a petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-09-16 - signed chap.258 [S03999 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03999-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3999
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 22, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN, LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Children  and
          Families
        AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to adoption by a
          petitioner where such petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 110 of the domestic relations  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows:
     3    A  petition to adopt, pursuant to the terms of this article, where the
     4  petitioner's parentage is legally-recognized under New  York  State  law
     5  shall  not be denied solely on the basis that the petitioner's parentage
     6  is already legally-recognized.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00615-01-9
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