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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Senate Bill S1261
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary 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
2025-S1261 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Domestic Relations Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§170 & 200, Dom Rel L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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S8705
2025-S1261 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1261 SPONSOR: KRUEGER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to allowing for no fault separation PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To amend the domestic relations law to add subdivision 6 to allow no fault separation. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: SECTION 1: ADDS SUBDIVISION 6 TO THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW. SECTION 2: PROVIDES THE EFFECTIVE DATE. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): Pursuant to Section 22 of the General Construction Law, the gendered
2025-S1261 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1261 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 8, 2025 ___________ 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. 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. LBD03731-01-5 S. 1261 2
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