Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Jan 23, 2017 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A2767
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ZEBROWSKI O
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
David Weprin
Ellen C. Jaffee
Richard Gottfried
Felix Ortiz
multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Andrew Hevesi
Latoya Joyner
2017-A2767 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A2767 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2767 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, WEPRIN, JAFFEE, GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ, ROSENTHAL, TITONE, BUCHWALD, COLTON, BUTLER, RAIA, SEPULVEDA, SKARTA- DOS, SKOUFIS, RIVERA, JEAN-PIERRE, GRAF, BRABENEC, GALEF, ARROYO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DINOWITZ, HEVESI, JOYNER, LUPAR- DO, MURRAY, PAULIN, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to disclosure of information relating to natural siblings of adopted persons THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The domestic relations law is amended by adding a new section 114-a to read as follows: § 114-A. RECORDS OF ADOPTED NATURAL SIBLINGS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING OR ANY OTHER INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW, A JUSTICE, SURRO- GATE OR JUDGE OF THE COURT IN WHICH THE ORDER OF ADOPTION WAS MADE SHALL, UPON WRITTEN EX PARTE APPLICATION BY A PERSON AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE WHO, AS A CHILD, HAD BEEN LEGALLY ADOPTED GRANT AN ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COURT WHO IS CUSTODIAN OF THE PAPERS, RECORDS OR FILES PERTAINING TO SUCH ADOPTION TO SUBMIT THEM TO THE COURT FOR PHYSICAL UNSEALING TO PERMIT IN CAMERA REVIEW, BY THE COURT ALONE, OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE APPLI- CANT'S ADOPTED NATURAL SIBLING OR SIBLINGS. PRIOR TO SUCH REVIEW, THE COURT SHALL SEND A LETTER TO THE LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES OF THE ADOPTED NATURAL BROTHERS OR SISTERS OVER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OF THE APPLI- CANT STATING THAT AN ADOPTED NATURAL SIBLING IS ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT THEM. THE LETTER SHALL CONTAIN A METHOD FOR THE ADOPTED NATURAL BROTHER OR SISTER TO CONSENT OR REJECT SUCH CONTACT. THE CONSENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE COURT WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS IN ORDER TO PROCEED. UPON RECEIVING CONSENT FROM THE NATURAL BROTHER OR SISTER AND THE REVIEW OF THE RECORDS HAVE CONCLUDED THAT DISCLOSURE WOULD NOT IN ANY WAY REVEAL THE NAME OR NAMES OF THE NATURAL PARENT OR PARENTS, THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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