A10179-2011 Actions

• Aug 17, 2012: signed chap.395
• Aug 6, 2012: delivered to governor
• Jun 20, 2012: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 20, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 20, 2012: 3RD READING CAL.1392
• Jun 20, 2012: SUBSTITUTED FOR S7548
• Jun 14, 2012: REFERRED TO RULES
• Jun 14, 2012: delivered to senate
• Jun 14, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 11, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.127
• Jun 11, 2012: rules report cal.127
• Jun 11, 2012: reported
• Jun 5, 2012: reported referred to rules
• May 17, 2012: print number 10179a
• May 17, 2012: amend and recommit to judiciary
• May 10, 2012: referred to judiciary

A10179-2011 Votes

A10179-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    10179

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                                May 10, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
    on Judiciary

  AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the public health law, in
    relation to adoptions from a foreign country

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1  of  section  111-c  of  the
  domestic  relations law, as added by chapter 329 of the laws of 2008, is
  amended to read as follows:

    (b) the validity of the foreign adoption  has  been  verified  by  the
  granting  of  an  IR-3  [immigrant visa], IH-3, or a successor immigrant
  visa, for the child by the United  States  Citizenship  and  Immigration
  Services.
    S  2. Subdivision 3 of section 111-c of the domestic relations law, as
  added by chapter 329 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:

    3. Either adoptive parent or a guardian or a  guardian  ad  litem  may
  register  the  order  in  this  state with the judge or surrogate of the
  county in which the adoptive parent or parents reside.  A  petition  for
  registration of a foreign adoption order may be combined with a petition
  for  a  name  change. If the court finds that the foreign adoption order
  meets the requirements of subdivision one of  this  section,  the  court
  shall issue a finding as to aspects of the foreign adoption, to wit, the
  names of the adoptive parents, the name or names and reported birth date
  of  the  adoptive  child, the country of the adoptive child's birth, the
  country and the date of the foreign adoption, the state residency of the
  adoptive parent or parents and adoptive child, and a finding as  to  the
  date  and issuance of an IR-3, IH-3, OR A SUCCESSOR immigrant visa; and,
  the court shall issue an order of adoption to the party  who  has  peti-
  tioned for such an order.
    S  3.  Section  4138-b of the public health law, as amended by chapter
  181 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:

    S 4138-b. Birth certificate: foreign country  adoption.  Whenever  the
  adoption  or  finalization  of  a  foreign  adoption or recognition of a
  foreign adoption of a child pursuant to section one hundred eleven-c  of

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD15732-01-2

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  the  domestic  relations  law has been reported to the commissioner, the
  commissioner shall file a birth certificate for the child provided there
  is no other birth certificate or other birth record on file  other  than
  in  the  country where such child was born and provided, further, that a
  certificate of birth data does not exist for  that  person.  Such  birth
  certificate  shall  be  filed  upon  receipt of: proof that the adoptive
  parent was a resident of this state at the time of adoption; a  copy  of
  the adoption documents of the jurisdiction or country in which the child
  was  adopted; a certified translation of the foreign adoption documents,
  evidence of the date and place of the child's  birth;  and  evidence  of
  IR-3  [or  IR-4  immigrant  visa status], IH-3, or a successor immigrant
  visa status. The birth certificate shall include the child's name,  sex,
  date  of birth, time of birth, place of birth, mother's maiden name, and
  father's name. A birth certificate for a foreign country adoption  which
  has  been  filed  by  a local registrar and all supporting documentation
  shall be submitted by the local registrar to the commissioner who  shall
  file a new birth certificate pursuant to this section.
    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.