New York S 4555: Establishes confirmatory adoptions providing for the adoption of children born as a result of assisted reproduction and allows courts to grant custody and support of children from more than two parents; repealer

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S04555 Summary:

BILL NOS04555A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04880-A

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRCOONEY, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, RAMOS, SEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §24, amd §§109, 110 & 70, add Art 7 Title 5 §§118 - 120, Dom Rel L; rpld §417, add Art 5-D §§582 - 587,
amd §§516-a & 413, Fam Ct Act; amd §4135-b, Pub Health L

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Establishes confirmatory adoptions providing for the adoption of children born as a result of assisted reproduction; allows for more than two persons to be named parents of a child; establishes presumed parentage and provides for the challenge and adjudication thereof; repeals certain provisions of the domestic relations law and the family court act relating thereto.

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BILL NOS04555A

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02/06/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/19/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

05/19/2025PRINT NUMBER 4555A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4555--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, RAMOS,
 SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
 committed to the Committee on Children and Families -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, the family court act and the
 public health law, in relation to establishing confirmatory adoptions
 and allowing courts to grant multi-parent adoption petitions; and to
 repeal certain provisions of the domestic relations law and the family
 court act relating thereto

 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 five new subdivisions 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 to read as follows:
 3 8. "Assisted reproduction" shall have the same meaning as in section
 4 581-102 of the family court act.
 5 9. "Donor" shall have the same meaning as in section 581-102 of the
 6 family court act.
 7 10. "Marriage" shall have the same meaning as in section five hundred
 8 eighty-two of the family court act.
 9 11. "Parent" shall have the same meaning as in section 581-102 of the
 10 family court act.
 11 12. "Presumed parent" shall have the same meaning as in section five
 12 hundred eighty-two of the family court act.
 13 § 2. Section 110 of the domestic relations law, as amended by chapter
 14 254 of the laws of 1991, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 509
 15 of the laws of 2010, the seventh undesignated paragraph as added by
 16 chapter 522 of the laws of 1999 and the closing paragraph as added by
 17 chapter 258 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 18 § 110. Who may adopt; effect of article. An adult unmarried person,
 19 an adult married couple together, or any [two] unmarried [adult intimate

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08775-03-5

 S. 4555--A 2

 1 partners] adults who intend to parent together may adopt another person.
 2 An adult married person who is living separate and apart from [his or
 3 her] their spouse pursuant to a decree or judgment of separation or
 4 pursuant to a written agreement of separation subscribed by the parties
 5 thereto and acknowledged or proved in the form required to entitle a
 6 deed to be recorded or an adult married person who has been living sepa-
 7 rate and apart from [his or her] their spouse for at least three years
 8 prior to commencing an adoption proceeding may adopt another person;
 9 provided, however, that the person so adopted shall not be deemed the
 10 child or step-child of the non-adopting spouse for the purposes of
 11 inheritance or support rights or obligations or for any other purposes.
 12 An adult or minor married couple together may adopt a child of either of
 13 them [born in or out of wedlock] and an adult or minor spouse may adopt
 14 such