Assembly Bill A10181

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the private permanent transfer of physical custody of or the delegation of power over adopted children

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  • 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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2013-A10181 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2 & 115, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A4594

2013-A10181 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the private permanent transfer of physical custody of or the delegation of power over adopted children including the advertisement of adoptive services.

2013-A10181 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10181

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             August 20, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Clark) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to  the  private
  permanent  transfer  of physical custody of or the delegation of power
  over adopted children

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

  Section  1.  Section  2  of  the domestic relations law, as amended by
chapter 920 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
  S 2. Definitions.  1. A "minor" or "infant", as used in this  chapter,
is a person under the age of eighteen years.
  2.  A  "RELATIVE", AS USED IN THIS CHAPTER, SHALL MEAN A PARENT, STEP-
PARENT,  BROTHER,   SISTER,   STEPBROTHER,   STEPSISTER,   HALF-BROTHER,
HALF-SISTER, BROTHER-IN-LAW, SISTER-IN-LAW, FIRST COUSIN, SECOND COUSIN,
NEPHEW,  NIECE,  UNCLE,  AUNT, STEP UNCLE, STEP AUNT, OR ANY PERSON OF A
PRECEDING GENERATION AS DENOTED  BY  THE  PREFIX  OF  GRAND,  GREAT,  OR
GREAT-GREAT,  WHETHER  BY  BLOOD,  MARRIAGE,  OR  LEGAL ADOPTION, OR THE
SPOUSE OF ANY PERSON NAMED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, EVEN IF THE MARRIAGE  IS
TERMINATED BY DEATH OR DIVORCE.
  S  2.  Subdivision  1  of section 115 of the domestic relations law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
  (D) NO PERSON SHALL ADVERTISE BY ANY  PUBLIC  MEDIUM  THAT  ORIGINATES
WITHIN  THIS  STATE,  INCLUDING BY NEWSPAPER, PERIODICAL, TELEPHONE BOOK
LISTINGS, OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGN, RADIO OR TELEVISION, THAT THE PERSON
WILL FIND AN ADOPTIVE HOME OR ANY OTHER PERMANENT PHYSICAL PLACEMENT FOR
A CHILD OR ARRANGE FOR OR ASSIST IN THE ADOPTION, ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT, OR
ANY OTHER PERMANENT PHYSICAL PLACEMENT OF A CHILD.
  S 3. Section 115 of the domestic relations law is amended by adding  a
new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
  14.   ANY   PERSON   NOT   AUTHORIZED   UNDER  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
SEVENTY-FOUR-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR  APPROVED  BY  A  COURT  OF
COMPETENT  JURISDICTION,  WHO  SENDS AN ADOPTED CHILD OUT OF THIS STATE,
BRINGS AN ADOPTED CHILD INTO THIS STATE, OR CAUSES AN ADOPTED  CHILD  TO
BE  SENT OUT OF THIS STATE OR BROUGHT INTO THIS STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF

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

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