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A10857 Summary:

BILL NOA10857 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08035

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SPONSORHevesi

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Amd §§812, 821, 446, 551, 656, 842 & 1056, Fam Ct Act; amd §§530.12 & 530.11, CP L; amd §§240 & 252, Dom Rel
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Authorizes courts, upon issuance of an order of protection, to order exclusive care, custody, and control of certain companion animals be granted to the petitioner

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BILL NOA10857 

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04/08/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10857

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the family court act, the criminal procedure law, and
 the domestic relations law, in relation to authorizing courts, upon
 issuance of an order of protection, to order exclusive care, custody,
 and control of certain companion animals be granted to the petitioner

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 812 of
 2 the family court act, as amended by chapter 541 of the laws of 2024, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 The family court and the criminal courts shall have concurrent juris-
 5 diction over any proceeding concerning acts which would constitute
 6 disorderly conduct, unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate
 7 image, harassment in the first degree, harassment in the second degree,
 8 aggravated harassment in the second degree, sexual misconduct, forcible
 9 touching, sexual abuse in the third degree, sexual abuse in the second
 10 degree as set forth in subdivision one of section 130.60 of the penal
 11 law, stalking in the first degree, stalking in the second degree, stalk-
 12 ing in the third degree, stalking in the fourth degree, criminal
 13 mischief, menacing in the second degree, menacing in the third degree,
 14 reckless endangerment, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circu-
 15 lation, strangulation in the second degree, strangulation in the first
 16 degree, assault in the second degree, assault in the third degree, an
 17 attempted assault, identity theft in the first degree, identity theft in
 18 the second degree, identity theft in the third degree, grand larceny in
 19 the fourth degree, grand larceny in the third degree, coercion in the
 20 second degree or coercion in the third degree as set forth in subdivi-
 21 sions one, two and three of section 135.60 of the penal law between
 22 spouses or former spouses, or between parent and child or between
 23 members of the same family or household except that if the respondent
 24 would not be criminally responsible by reason of age pursuant to section
 25 30.00 of the penal law, then the family court shall have exclusive
 26 jurisdiction over such proceeding. The family court and the criminal

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13066-01-5

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 1 courts shall also have concurrent jurisdiction over any proceeding
 2 concerning acts which would constitute animal cruelty as set forth in
 3 section three hundred fifty-three of the agriculture and markets law,
 4 aggravated animal cruelty as set forth in section three hundred fifty-
 5 three-a of the agriculture and markets law, or sexual misconduct with an
 6 animal as set forth in subdivision four of section 130.20 of the penal
 7 law when perpetrated against an animal owned, possessed, or residing
 8 with a spouse or former spouse of the respondent, a child of the
 9 respondent, or a member of the same family or household as the respond-
 10 ent. Notwithstanding a complainant's election to proceed in family
 11 court, the criminal court shall not be divested of jurisdiction to hear
 12 a family offense proceeding pursuant to this section. In any proceeding
 13 pursuant to this article, a court shall not deny an order of protection,
 14 or dismiss a petition, solely on the basis that the acts or events
 15 a