Senate Bill S5269

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes expedited settlement conference processes for establishing child support orders

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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-S5269 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5735
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §439-a, Fam Ct Act

2023-S5269 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes expedited settlement conference processes for establishing child support orders where both parties voluntarily agree on the process.

2023-S5269 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5269 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5269
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to  authorizing  expe-
   dited  settlement  conference processes for establishing child support
   orders

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  (c)  and (d) of section 439-a of the family
 court act are relettered (d) and (e) and a new subdivision (c) is  added
 to read as follows:
   (C)  (I) PURPOSE. TO AUTHORIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT
 CONFERENCE PROCESSES IN EACH FAMILY COURT TO FACILITATE  THE  ESTABLISH-
 MENT  OF  CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR HUNDRED THIRTEEN
 OF THIS ARTICLE CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE'S CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES FOR
 PARENTS WHO AGREE ON CHILD SUPPORT AND SEEK TO VOLUNTARILY ENGAGE  IN  A
 SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE, EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES SHALL BE AUTHOR-
 IZED  AND  DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT
 CONFERENCES ARE NOT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARENTS' NEGOTIATION OR MEDIATION
 OF DISPUTES CONCERNING INCOME OR ISSUES RELATED TO THE DETERMINATION  OF
 CHILD  SUPPORT.  FURTHER,  SUCH EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES ARE NOT
 FOR USE IN ACTIONS BROUGHT  BY  PUBLIC  WELFARE  OFFICIALS  FOR  SUPPORT
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWO OF THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW. THE COURT ADMINISTRATION SHALL PROMULGATE OR  AMEND  FORMS
 AS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION.
   (II)  INITIATING THE EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE. (A) AN EXPEDITED
 SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE MAY BE INITIATED:
   (1) BY A PETITIONER SELECTING THE OPTION FOR A CONFERENCE ON THE PETI-
 TION, WITH NO OBJECTION BY THE RESPONDENT.
   (2) BY REFERRAL FROM A FAMILY COURT.
   (B) PARTIES SEEKING TO ENGAGE IN AN  EXPEDITED  SETTLEMENT  CONFERENCE
 SHALL  APPLY  FOR  CHILD  SUPPORT SERVICES PURSUANT TO TITLE IV-D OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09871-01-3
              

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