Assembly Bill A10259

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes confirmatory adoptions and allowing courts to grant the custody and support from more than two parents

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A10259 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1787
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§109 & 70, add Art 7 Title 5 §§119 - 119-c, Dom Rel L; add Art 5-D Part 1 §582-101, Part 2 §§582-102 - 582-104, Part 3 §§582-105 - 582-106, amd §413, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10523, S9280

2023-A10259 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes confirmatory adoptions allowing adoption and parentage judgements for a child with more than two parents; recognizes functional parents as legal parents; allows "de facto parents" to get a court order confirming their parentage; grants all legal parents standing to seek visitation or custody of their children.

2023-A10259 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10259
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gonzalez-Ro-
   jas) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN  ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act, in
   relation to establishing confirmatory adoptions and allowing courts to
   grant the custody and support from more than two parents

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  109  of the domestic relations law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. "CONFIRMATORY ADOPTION" SHALL MEAN AN ADOPTION OF  A  CHILD  BY  AN
 EXISTING LEGAL PARENT PURSUANT TO TITLE FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2.  Article  7 of the domestic relations law is amended by adding a
 new title 5 to read as follows:
                                   TITLE V
                          CONFIRMATORY ADOPTIONS
 
 SECTION 119. PURPOSE OF TITLE.
         119-A. ELIGIBILITY TO FILE FOR CONFIRMATORY ADOPTION.
         119-B. PROCEDURE ON APPLICATION FOR CONFIRMATORY ADOPTION.
         119-C. MULTI-PARENT ADOPTION.
 § 119. PURPOSE OF TITLE. THE PURPOSE  OF  THIS  TITLE  IS  TO  CREATE  A
 STREAMLINED  ADOPTION  PROCESS  FOR  A  CHILD'S PARENTS TO CONFIRM THEIR
 PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP THROUGH AN ADOPTION IN ORDER  TO  PROTECT  THE
 CHILD'S  BEST  INTERESTS. SUCH ADOPTION PROCESS SHALL ENSURE ALL PARENTS
 ARE AFFORDED FULL RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS EQUIVALENT TO THAT  OF  BIOLOG-
 ICAL PARENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN CONCEIVED THROUGH ASSISTED REPROD-
 UCTION.
   §  119-A. ELIGIBILITY TO FILE FOR CONFIRMATORY ADOPTION. 1. PARENTS OF
 A CHILD MAY FILE A JOINT PETITION FOR A CONFIRMATORY ADOPTION TO CONFIRM
 THEIR PARENTAGE. THOSE ELIGIBLE INCLUDE THE CHILD'S INTENDED PARENTS  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SECTION  581-102 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT AND THE CURRENT OR
 FORMER SPOUSE OF A BIRTHING PARENT, PROVIDED THAT THE PERSON IS NAMED ON
 THE CHILD'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE AS A PARENT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05046-01-3
              

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