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Feb 29, 2012 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Feb 14, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 13, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 07, 2012 |
1st report cal.181 |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to codes returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 07, 2011 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 03, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 02, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 01, 2011 |
1st report cal.116 |
Jan 26, 2011 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S2599
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Relates to establishment of a presumption of custodial interference
download bill text pdfSponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
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Floor Vote: Feb 29, 2012
aye (59)- Addabbo Jr.
- Alesi
- Avella
- Ball
- Bonacic
- Breslin
- Carlucci
- DeFrancisco
- Diaz
- Dilan
- Duane
- Espaillat
- Farley
- Flanagan
- Fuschillo
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Golden
- Griffo
- Grisanti
- Hannon
- Hassell-Thompson
- Huntley
- Johnson
- Kennedy
- Klein
- Krueger
- LaValle
- Lanza
- Larkin
- Libous
- Little
- Marcellino
- Martins
- Maziarz
- McDonald
- Montgomery
- Nozzolio
- O'Mara
- Parker
- Peralta
- Perkins
- Ranzenhofer
- Ritchie
- Rivera
- Robach
- Saland
- Sampson
- Savino
- Serrano
- Seward
- Skelos
- Smith
- Squadron
- Stavisky
- Stewart-Cousins
- Valesky
- Young
- Zeldin
excused (2)
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Floor Vote: Mar 7, 2011
aye (59)- Addabbo Jr.
- Alesi
- Avella
- Ball
- Bonacic
- Breslin
- Carlucci
- DeFrancisco
- Diaz
- Dilan
- Espaillat
- Farley
- Flanagan
- Fuschillo
- Gallivan
- Gianaris
- Golden
- Griffo
- Grisanti
- Hannon
- Hassell-Thompson
- Huntley
- Johnson
- Kennedy
- Klein
- Krueger
- LaValle
- Lanza
- Larkin
- Libous
- Little
- Marcellino
- Martins
- Maziarz
- McDonald
- Montgomery
- Nozzolio
- O'Mara
- Oppenheimer
- Parker
- Peralta
- Perkins
- Ranzenhofer
- Ritchie
- Rivera
- Robach
- Saland
- Sampson
- Savino
- Serrano
- Seward
- Skelos
- Smith
- Squadron
- Stavisky
- Stewart-Cousins
- Valesky
- Young
- Zeldin
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Feb 7, 2012 - Codes Committee Vote
S259914Aye0Nay2Aye with Reservations0Absent0Excused0AbstainedMar 1, 2011 - Codes Committee Vote
S259914Aye0Nay1Aye with Reservations0Absent1Excused0Abstained -
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2011-S2599 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง135.51, Pen L
2011-S2599 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2599 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing a presumption relating to custodial interference PURPOSE: The bill creates a rebuttable evidentiary presumption that the taking of a child in violation of a court order establishing custody or visitation is known by the offender to be a wrongful taking, and that service of such order pursuant to the "substitute service" provisions of the Civil Practice Law and Rules shall constitute actual knowledge by the offender of the existence of the order. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1, subdivision 1 of the bill amends the Penal Law by adding a new section 135.51 providing for presumption of service. Section 1, subdivision 2 of the bill states that the rebuttable presumption established by subdivision one of this section shall not apply where court order was served by publication.
EXISTING LAW: Current law necessitates personal service. JUSTIFICATION: There is an increasing recognition among experts of the seriousness of parental abduction and its long term negative consequences for children. The federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, in its National Incidence Studies on Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children in America (NISMART), reports that there are as many as 354,100 children abducted by a family member each year. Forty-six percent of parental abductions in the NISMART study involved concealing the whereabouts of the child or taking the child out of the state. Abduction is often a vengeful attack on the other parent. Sometimes the abduction is another attempt by the abuser to control, intimidate or harass the battered partner attempting to leave the relationship. An abuser may also refuse to return a child after visitation as a form of harassment or a means of continued access to the abused parent. Abductions committed by an abusive parent are more likely to involve violence or the use of force, placing the child in greater jeopardy. Although New York's custodial interference statute seeks to punish parental abduction, the law is not comprehensive and is only minimally effective. This is due to the difficult threshold needed to secure a felony warrant, as such the warrant requires serving notice. Under the current statute the abductor benefits from his or her criminal conduct by hiding from the law. In practice, in order for a victimized parent to access the national resources of the FBI, a felony must be charged against the abducting party. In order to establish the "wrongfulness" of the taking where the abductor is a parent, the victim (the other parent) must show that the taking violated an order of custody or visitation, or an order of protection. Where no prior order exists, the victim must obtain an order from a court of appropriate jurisdiction and serve it upon the abductor. In cases where the abductor and the child have fled, and cannot be located to allow for personal service of the court's order, the victim is unable to allege a felony and is therefore denied access to the FBI. This is a serious and often tragic defect in the current statute, leaving the victim -- the rightful custodian -- without the necessary investigative and police resources to locate and recover the child, This bill remedies this defect by including the other means of service currently provided for in section 307 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 1997-98: S.816B/A.5942C -Passed Senate, Held in Assembly Codes Committee 1999-00: S.1830/A.4472 - Passed Senate, Held in Assembly Codes Committee 2001-02: S.4234/A.1862 - Passed Senate, Held in Assembly Codes Committee 2003-04: S.1923 - Passed Senate 2005-06: S.466 - Passed Senate 2007: S.1076 - Passed Senate 2008: S.1076 - Referred to Codes FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None. EFFECTIVE DATE: First day of November after enactment.
2011-S2599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2599 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 26, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SALAND -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing a presumption relating to custodial interference THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 135.51 to read as follows: S 135.51 CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE; REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION. 1. THERE IS A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN SERVED IN A MANNER AUTHORIZED BY SUBDIVISION ONE, TWO, THREE, OR FOUR OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES WITH A COURT ORDER GRANTING CUSTODY OR VISITATION OF A CHILD TO ANOTHER PERSON KNOWS THAT HE OR SHE HAS NO LEGAL RIGHT TO TAKE OR ENTICE SUCH CHILD IN VIOLATION OF SUCH ORDER. 2. THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION ESTABLISHED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE SUCH COURT ORDER GRANTING CUSTODY OR VISI- TATION OF THE CHILD WAS SERVED PURSUANT TO A COURT ORDER AUTHORIZING SERVICE BY PUBLICATION. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05323-01-1
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