New York S 8937: Relates to requiring a compensation statement by certain public utility corporations and service providers

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S08937 Summary:

BILL NOS08937 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04978

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSRHELMING

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §72, Dom Rel L; amd §651, Fam Ct Act

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Provides that a great-grandparent may apply to the supreme court for visitation rights with respect to certain minor great-grandchildren where either or both of the parents of such child is or are deceased.

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BILL NOS08937 

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01/16/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8937

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- 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 the visitation rights of great-grandparents

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

 1 Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 72 of the
 2 domestic relations law, as amended by chapter 657 of the laws of 2003,
 3 are amended to read as follows:
 4 Special proceeding or habeas corpus to obtain visitation rights in
 5 respect to certain infant grandchildren or great-grandchildren or custo-
 6 dy in respect to certain infant grandchildren. 1. Where either or both
 7 of the parents of a minor child, residing within this state, is or are
 8 deceased, or where circumstances show that conditions exist which equity
 9 would see fit to intervene, a grandparent [or], the grandparents, a
 10 great-grandparent or the great-grandparents of such child may apply to
 11 the supreme court by commencing a special proceeding or for a writ of
 12 habeas corpus to have such child brought before such court, or may apply
 13 to the family court pursuant to subdivision (b) of section six hundred
 14 fifty-one of the family court act; and on the return thereof, the court,
 15 by order, after due notice to the parent or any other person or party
 16 having the care, custody, and control of such child, to be given in such
 17 manner as the court shall prescribe, may make such directions as the
 18 best interest of the child may require, for visitation rights for such
 19 grandparent [or], grandparents, great-grandparent or great-grandparents
 20 in respect to such child.
 21 § 2. Subdivisions (b) and (d) of section 651 of the family court act,
 22 subdivision (b) as amended by chapter 657 of the laws of 2003 and subdi-
 23 vision (d) as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2010, are amended to
 24 read as follows:
 25 (b) When initiated in the family court, the family court has jurisdic-
 26 tion to determine, in accordance with subdivision one of section two
 27 hundred forty of the domestic relations law and with the same powers
 28 possessed by the supreme court in addition to its own powers, habeas

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08965-01-5

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 1 corpus proceedings and proceedings brought by petition and order to show
 2 cause, for the determination of the custody or visitation of minors,
 3 including applications by a grandparent [or], grandparents, a great-
 4 grandparent or great-grandparents for visitation or a grandparent or
 5 grandparents for custody rights pursuant to section seventy-two or two
 6 hundred forty of the domestic relations law.
 7 (d) With respect to applications by a grandparent [or], grandparents,
 8 a great-grandparent or great-grandparents for visitation or a grandpar-
 9 ent or grandparents for custody rights, made pursuant to section seven-
 10 ty-two or two hundred forty of the domestic relations law, with a child
 11 remanded or placed in the care of a person, official, agency or institu-
 12 tion pursuant to the provisions of article ten of this act, the appli-
 13 cant, in such manner as the court shall prescribe, shall serve a copy of
 14 the application upon the social services official having care and custo-
 15 dy of such child, and the child's attorney, who shall be afforded an