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Assembly Bill A3347
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PEOPLES-STOKE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
Angelo Santabarbara
2015-A3347 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A3347 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides for the establishment of kinship guardianships for kinship foster parent; establishes the guardianship after a hearing and determination upon a petition filed by the kinship foster parent; provides that establishment of such guardianship does not affect or impair the natural parents' visitation rights.
2015-A3347 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3347 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to establishing kinship guardianship THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The family court act is amended by adding a new section 1059 to read as follows: S 1059. KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP. 1. DEFINITIONS. WHEN USED IN THIS SECTION: A. "KINSHIP FOSTER CHILD" SHALL MEAN A CHILD PLACED WITH A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE THOUSAND FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS PART WHO IS PLACED EITHER (I) AS A KINSHIP FOSTER CHILD PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES OR (II) AS A FOSTER CHILD AND WHO HAS BEEN PLACED BY THE SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL OR OTHER AUTHORIZED AGENCY IN THE HOME OF A RELATIVE WITHIN THE THIRD DEGREE; B. "KINSHIP FOSTER PARENT" SHALL MEAN A FOSTER PARENT WHO IS APPROVED OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW AND WHO IS CARING FOR A CHILD WHO IS RELATED WITHIN THE THIRD DEGREE. 2. PETITION. A KINSHIP FOSTER PARENT OR A SOCIAL SERVICES OFFICIAL MAY FILE A PETITION WITH THE FAMILY COURT WHICH PLACED THE CHILD PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE THOUSAND FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS PART TO HAVE THE KINSHIP FOSTER PARENT APPOINTED AS KINSHIP GUARDIAN FOR THE CHILD. THE PETITION SHALL ALLEGE THAT THE CHILD WAS PLACED, THAT MORE THAN FIFTEEN MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE DATE OF THE ORDER PLACING THE CHILD, THAT THE PARENTS OF THE CHILD ARE PRESENTLY AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE UNABLE TO PROVIDE PROPER AND ADEQUATE CARE FOR THE CHILD, NOTWITHSTANDING THE AUTHORIZED AGENCY'S DILIGENT EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE AND STRENGTHEN THE PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP, THAT THE PROSPECTIVE KINSHIP GUARDIANS CONSENT TO EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01357-01-5
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