Assembly Bill A3592

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the visitation rights of great-grandparents

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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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2015-A3592 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §72, Dom Rel L; amd §651, Fam Ct Act

2015-A3592 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a great-grandparent may apply to the supreme court for visitation rights with respect to certain minor great-grandchildren where either or both of the parents of such child is or are deceased.

2015-A3592 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3592

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act,  in
  relation to the visitation rights of great-grandparents

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

  Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 72 of  the
domestic  relations  law, as amended by chapter 657 of the laws of 2003,
are amended to read as follows:
  Special proceeding or habeas corpus to  obtain  visitation  rights  IN
RESPECT TO CERTAIN INFANT GRANDCHILDREN OR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN or custo-
dy  in respect to certain infant grandchildren.  1. Where either or both
of the parents of a minor child, residing within this state, is  or  are
deceased, or where circumstances show that conditions exist which equity
would  see  fit  to  intervene,  a grandparent [or], the grandparents, A
GREAT-GRANDPARENT OR THE GREAT-GRANDPARENTS of such child may  apply  to
the  supreme  court  by commencing a special proceeding or for a writ of
habeas corpus to have such child brought before such court, or may apply
to the family court pursuant to subdivision (b) of section  six  hundred
fifty-one of the family court act; and on the return thereof, the court,
by  order,  after  due notice to the parent or any other person or party
having the care, custody, and control of such child, to be given in such
manner as the court shall prescribe, may make  such  directions  as  the
best  interest  of the child may require, for visitation rights for such
grandparent [or], grandparents, GREAT-GRANDPARENT OR  GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
in respect to such child.
  S  2. Subdivisions (b) and (d) of section 651 of the family court act,
subdivision (b) as amended by chapter 657 of the laws of 2003 and subdi-
vision (d) as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2010, are amended  to
read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07551-01-5

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