New York S 10468: Establishes confirmatory adoptions and allowing courts to grant the custody and support from more than two parents

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S10468 Summary:

BILL NOS10468 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBOTTCHER

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Amd §§109 & 70, add Art 7 Title 5 §§119 - 119-c, Dom Rel L; add Art 5-D Part 1 §582-101, Part 2 §§582-102 -
582-104, Part 3 §§582-105 - 582-106, amd §413, Fam Ct Act

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Establishes confirmatory adoptions allowing adoption and parentage judgements for a child with more than two parents; recognizes functional parents as legal parents; allows "de facto parents" to get a court order confirming their parentage; grants all legal parents standing to seek visitation or custody of their children.

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BILL NOS10468 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10468

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. BOTTCHER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act, in
 relation to establishing confirmatory adoptions and allowing courts to
 grant the custody and support from more than two parents

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 109 of the domestic relations law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
 3 8. "Confirmatory adoption" shall mean an adoption of a child by an
 4 existing legal parent pursuant to title five of this article.
 5 § 2. Article 7 of the domestic relations law is amended by adding a
 6 new title 5 to read as follows:
 7 TITLE V
 8 CONFIRMATORY ADOPTIONS

 9 Section 119. Purpose of title.
 10 119-a. Eligibility to file for confirmatory adoption.
 11 119-b. Procedure on application for confirmatory adoption.
 12 119-c. Multi-parent adoption.
 13 § 119. Purpose of title. The purpose of this title is to create a
 14 streamlined adoption process for a child's parents to confirm their
 15 parent-child relationship through an adoption in order to protect the
 16 child's best interests. Such adoption process shall ensure all parents
 17 are afforded full rights and protections equivalent to that of biolog-
 18 ical parents, especially for children conceived through assisted reprod-
 19 uction.
 20 § 119-a. Eligibility to file for confirmatory adoption. 1. Parents of
 21 a child may file a joint petition for a confirmatory adoption to confirm
 22 their parentage. Those eligible include the child's intended parents as
 23 defined in section 581-102 of the family court act and the current or
 24 former spouse of a birthing parent, provided that the person is named on
 25 the child's birth certificate as a parent.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01942-01-5

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 1 2. All living parents of a child seeking to file for confirmatory
 2 adoption pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall jointly file
 3 a petition for a judgment of adoption with the court and include:
 4 (a) proof of marriage between the petitioners, entered into prior to
 5 the birth of the child; or
 6 (b) a government-issued birth certificate listing petitioners as
 7 parents of the child.
 8 § 119-b. Procedure on application for confirmatory adoption. 1. Along
 9 with the complaint for a final judgment of adoption, an individual or
 10 individuals seeking adoption shall file a petition with the court certi-
 11 fying the following:
 12 (a) the applicant's name or applicants' names, residential address and
 13 telephone number;
 14 (b) a statement by the applicant or applicants that they are seeking
 15 certification by the court as a person or persons qualified to adopt the
 16 child to whom they are already a legal parent;
 17 (c) a statement by the applicant or applicants that all the child's
 18 living parent's consent to the confirmatory adoption; and
 19 (d) a written declaration signed by all parties to the action that
 20 describes in sufficient detail how the child was conceived and id