New York A 6570: Establishes a parent and education awareness program

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A06570 Summary:

BILL NOA06570 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRLunsford

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §212, Dom Rel L; add Art 6 Part 4-A §§665 - 670, Fam Ct Act

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Establishes a parent and education awareness program to raise parental awareness of the harmful effects of conflict on their children and expose parents to better ways to support their children during a family transition.

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BILL NOA06570 

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03/06/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6570

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act, in
 relation to requiring that parents involved in contested divorce,
 separation, visitation, or other family actions in supreme or family
 courts attend a certified parent education and awareness program

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

 1 Section 1. The domestic relations law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 212 to read as follows:
 3 § 212. Parent education and awareness program. 1. For the purposes of
 4 this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "Court" shall mean a justice, judge, judicial hearing officer,
 6 matrimonial referee, court attorney-referee, or support magistrate in
 7 any New York court who handles issues of child custody and visitation
 8 and child support.
 9 (b) "Guidelines" shall mean the guidelines and procedures for certif-
 10 ication of parent education and awareness programs, which shall contain
 11 the minimum standards for parent education and awareness programs to be
 12 certified and approved by the office of court administration to accept
 13 participants referred to such programs by New York courts pursuant to
 14 this section.
 15 (c) "Parent education and awareness program" shall mean a New York
 16 state parent education and awareness program certified by the office of
 17 court administration.
 18 (d) "Program administrator" shall mean an individual employed by the
 19 court system to oversee the operation and administration of the parent
 20 education and awareness program and interface with parent education and
 21 awareness program providers.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10003-01-5

 A. 6570 2

 1 (e) "Provider" shall mean the entity responsible for applying for
 2 certification of and facilitating a parent education and awareness
 3 program.
 4 2. (a) There is hereby established a mandatory education program to be
 5 known as the "parent education and awareness program".
 6 (b) Such program shall be designed to provide information, strategies,
 7 and tools to divorced, divorcing, or separated parents and parents
 8 contesting custody or visitation of their children on ways to reduce
 9 conflict and assist their children through the family changes caused by
 10 parental breakup. Topics shall be included but not be limited to
 11 increasing parents' understanding of:
 12 (i) the interaction between parent and child, the family relationship,
 13 and any other areas of adjustment and concern during the process of
 14 divorce or separation;
 15 (ii) how children react to divorce or separation, how to spot prob-
 16 lems, what to tell children about divorce or separation, how to keep
 17 communication open, and how to answer questions and concerns the chil-
 18 dren may have about the divorce or separation process;
 19 (iii) how parents can help their children during the divorce or sepa-
 20 ration, specific strategies, ideas, tools, and resources for assistance;
 21 (iv) how parents can help children after the divorce or separation and
 22 how to deal with new family structures and different sets of household
 23 rules; and
 24 (v) when cooperation may sometimes be inappropriate in cases of domes-
 25 tic violen