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- Signed chap.72
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- 3rd reading cal.184
- Substituted for S2970
- Referred to judiciary
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.220
- Reported
- Referred to judiciary
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Establishes automatic orders in matrimonial actions
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor John L. Sampson
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A2574
Title of bill
An act to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to establishing automatic orders in matrimonial actions
Purpose of bill
To prevent a party in a matrimonial action commenced in Supreme Court from dissipating assets in order to deprive his or her spouse of the property to which that spouse may be entitled.
Summary of provisions of bill
Amends domestic relations law § 236 (B) (2) to place upon the plaintiff a duty to serve upon the defendant auto- matic orders which would bind both parties from the commencement of a matrimonial action. The automatic orders would be binding upon the plaintiff upon the commencement of the action and upon the defendant upon service of the Summons or Summons and Complaint. The specific matters covered by the proposed automatic orders include prohibitions against the following: transfers and encumbrances of real and personal property and retirement funds; the accumulation of unreasonable debt; and changes in beneficiaries on existing health and life insurance poli- cies.
Justification
The adoption of automatic orders at the very commence- ment of a matrimonial action is intended to prevent both parties from dissipating assets, incurring unreasonable debts, or removing a party or the children from health or life insurance policies. Making these prohi- bitions automatic upon commencement of the action will also save on legal fees and judicial time. The bill has the support of the OCA Committee on Matrimonial Practice, chaired by Hon. Jacqueline Silber- mann, Statewide Administrative Judge for Matrimonial Matters.
Legislative history
2007-08; A.3128 - Passed Assembly 2005-06; A.8180 - Passed Assembly 2004; A.7521- Assembly Rules Committee 2002; A.7790/S.4408 - Assembly Rules Committee/Judiciary Committee 2001; A.7790/S.4408 - Assembly Rules Committee/Judiciary Committee 2000; A.10889 - Assembly Rules Committee
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
The law will take effect on the first of the calendar month next succeeding the sixtieth day after it shall become a law.
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