Bill Text: NY S06175 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to the revocatory effect of divorce.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06175 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06175-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6175

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 21, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- (at request of the Office of Court Adminis-
          tration)  --  read  twice  and ordered printed, and when printed to be
          committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation  to  the
          revocatory effect of divorce and relatives of a former spouse

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 5-1.4 of the estates,  powers  and  trusts  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
     3    (g)  The revocatory effect of paragraph (a) shall be presumed to apply
     4  to a person in any relationship to  the  divorced  individual  that  was
     5  based  upon  said  marriage,  including but not limited to stepchildren,
     6  stepgrandchildren  and  parents-in-law,  unless  there  is   substantial
     7  evidence of the divorced individual's contrary intention. Testimony with
     8  regard  to  such  intention  shall  not  be disqualified under CPLR 4519
     9  provided that such testimony is supported by other evidence.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10065-01-9
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