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 ________________________________________________________________________ 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