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Senate Bill S1842
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S1842 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Children And Families
- Law Section:
- Domestic Relations Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง114, Dom Rel L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S537
2009-S1842 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1842 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to adoption records PURPOSE : Allows release of birth certificate to adoptive persons without court order if person and birth parents register with the state's adoption registry and consent to release. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends section 114 of the domestic relations law by adding a new subdivision 5 authorizing an adopted person who has reached his or her majority to access his or her original birth certificate without the necessity of a court order upon proof to the court in which the order was granted that the adopted person and his or her birth parents have registered with the state's adoption registry and have consented to the release of this identifying information. If only one birth parent executed the surrender agreement or consented to the adoption, then the registration of the other parent is not necessary for the release of information pursuant to this subdivision. Section 2 provides that this act shall take effect immediately.
2009-S1842 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1842 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 9, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- 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 records THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 114 of the domestic relations law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 5. AN ADOPTIVE PERSON WHO HAS REACHED HIS OR HER MAJORITY MAY HAVE ACCESS TO HIS OR HER ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF A COURT ORDER UPON PROOF TO THE COURT IN WHICH THE ORDER WAS GRANTED THAT THE ADOPTIVE PERSON AND HIS OR HER BIRTH PARENTS HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE STATE'S ADOPTION REGISTRY AND HAVE CONSENTED TO THE RELEASE OF THE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. IF ONLY ONE BIRTH PARENT EXECUTED THE SURRENDER AGREEMENT OR CONSENTED TO THE ADOPTION, THEN THE REGISTRATION OF THE OTHER BIRTH PARENT IN SAID REGISTRY IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE RELEASE OF THE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02891-01-9
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