Bill Text: NY S04467 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to support orders for adult dependents; provides that a person who would otherwise be chargeable under law with support of a minor child is also chargeable with the support of any such individual until such individual reaches the age of 26, when it appears to the satisfaction of the court that such person is developmentally disabled as defined in section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-09 - SUBSTITUTED BY A898B [S04467 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04467-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4467

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 5, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to child  support  for
          any child over 21 years of age who is severely and permanently mental-
          ly or physically disabled and unable to live on their own

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 413 of the  family  court  act  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (f-1) to read as follows:
     3    (f-1)  A  parent  may  petition the court to order the continuation of
     4  child support for a child over the age  of  twenty-one  years,  if  such
     5  child  (i)  is severely and permanently mentally or physically disabled,
     6  as determined by the office for persons with developmental disabilities,
     7  (ii) is unable to live independently or support himself or herself,  and
     8  (iii)  resides  in  the  home  of  the parent seeking or receiving child
     9  support.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08323-01-1