Bill Text: NY A01234 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prevents a judge from considering a parent's option to undergo gender reassignment when making a determination in a child custody case, and provides that the judge may not require the parent to refrain from undergoing such gender reassignment as a condition of custody.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - referred to judiciary [A01234 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A01234-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. BING, GOTTFRIED, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. JAFFEE, KELLNER, V. LOPEZ, PAULIN, TITONE -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the custody
of children
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 240 of the domestic relations law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. IN ANY CASE INVOLVING THE CUSTODY OF THE CHILD, WHEN MAKING A
4 DETERMINATION AS TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD, THE JUDGE SHALL NOT
5 PROHIBIT A PARENT FROM UNDERGOING GENDER REASSIGNMENT AS A CONDITION OF
6 RECEIVING CUSTODY.
7 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00656-01-1
