Bill Text: NY A01128 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows for no fault separation.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-10 - held for consideration in judiciary [A01128 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A01128-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1128 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 7, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BYRNES, DeSTEFANO, MORINELLO, SMULLEN, B. MILLER, SAYEGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to allowing for no fault separation The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 200 of the domestic relations law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. The relationship between husband and wife has broken down irre- 4 trievably for a period of at least six months, provided that one party 5 has so stated under oath. No action for separation shall be maintained 6 under this subdivision unless and until the economic issues of the 7 payment or waiver of spousal support, the payment of child support, the 8 payment of counsel and experts' fees and expenses as well as the custody 9 and visitation with the infant children of the marriage have been 10 resolved by the parties, or determined by the court and incorporated 11 into the action. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 13 have become a law and shall apply to matrimonial actions commenced on or 14 after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02811-01-1
