Assembly Bill A380

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the standing of certain relatives in custody and guardianship proceedings

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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-A380 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2153
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Domestic Relations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §72, Dom Rel L; amd §651, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2033
2011-2012: A10218, S1749
2013-2014: A7189, S2094
2017-2018: A7574, S1614
2019-2020: A8316, S5648

2015-A380 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to standing of certain relatives in custody and guardianship proceedings.

2015-A380 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   380

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROZIC, ABINANTI, AUBRY, BENEDETTO, BRINDISI,
  CAMARA, CLARK, COLTON, COOK,  CRESPO,  CUSICK,  FAHY,  GANTT,  LAVINE,
  LUPARDO,  MAYER,  MILLER,  MOYA, O'DONNELL, PICHARDO, RIVERA, ROBERTS,
  ROBINSON, RODRIGUEZ, ROSENTHAL, RYAN, SCARBOROUGH, WEPRIN,  WRIGHT  --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BRENNAN, FARRELL, GALEF, HEAST-
  IE,  HEVESI,  HOOPER,  KAVANAGH, LUPINACCI, MARKEY, MONTESANO, MOSLEY,
  PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY,  RAMOS,  SEPULVEDA,   SIMANOWITZ,   SKARTADOS,
  TITONE, TITUS -- 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 standing of certain relatives in custody and guardian-
  ship proceedings

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 2 of section 72 of the domestic relations law,
as  added  by  chapter  657  of  the laws of 2003, is amended to read as
follows:
  2.  (a) Where a grandparent or the  grandparents  of  a  minor  child,
residing within this state, OR RELATIVE WHO IS RELATED TO A PARENT WITH-
IN  THE  SECOND  DEGREE  OF  CONSANGUINITY OR AFFINITY, RESIDING IN THIS
STATE can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the court the existence  of
extraordinary  circumstances,  such  grandparent  [or],  grandparents OR
RELATIVE 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  family  court  pursuant  to
subdivision  (b) of section six hundred fifty-one OR SECTION SIX HUNDRED
SIXTY-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 interests of the child may require, for  custody  rights  for  such

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

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