Senate Bill S8705

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Allows for no fault separation

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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-S8705 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7242
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §200, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8720
2021-2022: A1128

2023-S8705 - Summary

Allows for no fault separation where the relationship between the spouses has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months; requires that issues of support and custody or visitation have been resolved.

2023-S8705 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8705 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8705
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to allowing  for
   no fault separation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 200 of the domestic relations  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SPOUSES HAS BROKEN DOWN IRRETRIEVABLY
 FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, PROVIDED  THAT  ONE  PARTY  HAS  SO
 STATED  UNDER  OATH.  NO ACTION FOR SEPARATION SHALL BE MAINTAINED UNDER
 THIS SUBDIVISION UNLESS AND UNTIL THE ECONOMIC ISSUES OF THE PAYMENT  OR
 WAIVER  OF SPOUSAL SUPPORT, THE PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT, THE PAYMENT OF
 COUNSEL AND EXPERTS' FEES AND EXPENSES AS WELL AS THE CUSTODY AND  VISI-
 TATION  WITH  THE  INFANT CHILDREN OF THE MARRIAGE HAVE BEEN RESOLVED BY
 THE PARTIES, OR DETERMINED  BY  THE  COURT  AND  INCORPORATED  INTO  THE
 ACTION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall apply to matrimonial actions commenced on or
 after such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03954-03-4



              

2023-S8705A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7242
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §200, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8720
2021-2022: A1128

2023-S8705A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for no fault separation where the relationship between the spouses has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months; requires that issues of support and custody or visitation have been resolved.

2023-S8705A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8705A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8705--A
     Cal. No. 781
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Judiciary  --  reported
   favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
   ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
   its place in the order of third reading

 AN  ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to allowing for
   no fault separation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivisions  5  and  6  of section 170 of the domestic
 relations law, subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 835 of  the  laws  of
 1970,  subdivision  6 as amended by chapter 801 of the laws of 1971, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (5) The husband and wife have lived apart  pursuant  to  a  decree  or
 judgment of separation for a period of [one or more years] SIX MONTHS OR
 MORE  after  the  granting  of such decree or judgment, and satisfactory
 proof has been submitted by the plaintiff that [he or she]  SUCH  PLAIN-
 TIFF  has  substantially  performed all the terms and conditions of such
 decree or judgment.
   (6) The husband and wife have lived separate and apart pursuant  to  a
 written  agreement  of separation, subscribed by the parties thereto and
 acknowledged or proved in the form required to  entitle  a  deed  to  be
 recorded,  for  a period of [one or more years] SIX MONTHS OR MORE after
 the execution of such agreement and satisfactory proof has been  submit-
 ted  by  the plaintiff that [he or she] SUCH PLAINTIFF has substantially
 performed all the terms and conditions of such agreement. Such agreement
 shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county  wherein  either
 party  resides.  In  lieu of filing such agreement, either party to such
 agreement may file a memorandum  of  such  agreement,  which  memorandum
 shall  be  similarly  subscribed  and  acknowledged or proved as was the
 agreement of separation and shall contain the following information: (a)
 the names and addresses of each of the parties, (b) the date of marriage
 of the parties, (c) the date of the agreement of separation and (d)  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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