New York A 660: Relates to requiring all parties to an annulment or divorce to remove religious barriers to remarriage

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A00660 Summary:

BILL NOA00660 

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SPONSORRosenthal

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Amd §253, Dom Rel L

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Relates to requiring all parties to an annulment or divorce to remove religious barriers to remarriage within ninety days of filing for such annulment or divorce or be subject to a fine of twenty-five hundred dollars per week.

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01/08/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 660

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to requiring all
 parties to an annulment or divorce to remove religious barriers to
 remarriage

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 253 of the domestic relations law
 2 is renumbered subdivision 10 and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as
 3 follows:
 4 9. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions two, three, four and
 5 five of this section, in any action or proceeding to annul a marriage or
 6 to file for a divorce, both parties shall remove any religious or
 7 conscientious barrier to remarriage as described in subdivision six of
 8 this section within ninety days of filing for such annulment or divorce.
 9 A person who fails to comply with the requirements of this subdivision
 10 shall be subject to a fine of twenty-five hundred dollars per week until
 11 such barriers to remarriage are removed, unless the other party has
 12 waived in writing the requirements of this subdivision.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 14 it shall have become a law and shall apply to actions and proceedings
 15 commenced on or after such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02159-01-5

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