A10179A-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

A10179A-2011 Votes

A10179A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 10179--A
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 May 10, 2012
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on  Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee
 

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
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15732-02-2
 
       A. 10179--A                         2
 foreign  adoption of a child pursuant to section one hundred eleven-c of
 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 OR IH-3 immigrant visa status 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.

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