Text of NY A 5652 (2010)

Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie Assembly Members Legislative Info Public Hearings Speaker's Press Assembly Reports Committees & More Bill Search Home Laws Legislative Calendar Public Hearing Schedule Assembly Calendars Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: Summary Actions Floor Votes Memo Text A05652 Summary: BILL NOA05652B SAME ASSAME AS S01523-A SPONSORRosenthal (MS) COSPNSRDinowitz, Glick, Hoyt, Jaffee, Lavine, O'Donnell, Paulin, Weprin D, Titone MLTSPNSRBing, Boyland, Brennan, Cahill, Gottfried, John, Kellner, Maisel, Pheffer, Rivera N, Schimel, Weisenberg Amd S110, Dom Rel L Permits adoption by two unmarried adult intimate partners. Go to top A05652 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5652--B 2009-2010 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 17, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, GLICK, HOYT, JAFFEE, LAVINE, O'DONNELL, PAULIN, D. WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BING, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CAHILL, GOTTFRIED, JOHN, KELLNER, MAISEL, PHEFFER, N. RIVERA, SCHIMEL, TITONE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judici- ary in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend- ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to authorizing two unmarried adult intimate partners to adopt a child The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 110 of the 2 domestic relations law, as amended by chapter 254 of the laws of 1991, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 An adult unmarried person [or], an adult [husband and his adult wife] 5 married couple together, or any two unmarried adult intimate partners 6 together may adopt another person. An adult married person who is living 7 separate and apart from his or her spouse pursuant to a decree or judg- 8 ment of separation or pursuant to a written agreement of separation 9 subscribed by the parties thereto and acknowledged or proved in the form 10 required to entitle a deed to be recorded or an adult married person who 11 has been living separate and apart from his or her spouse for at least 12 three years prior to commencing an adoption proceeding may adopt another 13 person; provided, however, that the person so adopted shall not be 14 deemed the child or step-child of the non-adopting spouse for the 15 purposes of inheritance or support rights or obligations or for any 16 other purposes. An adult or minor [husband and his adult or minor wife] 17 married couple together may adopt a child of either of them born in or 18 out of wedlock and an adult or minor [husband or an adult or minor wife] EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01449-06-0 A. 5652--B 2 1 spouse may adopt such a child of the other spouse. No person shall here- 2 after be adopted except in pursuance of this article, and in conformity 3 with section three hundred seventy-three of the social services law. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Go to top Sitemap Request Information Directions and Maps