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Relates to service of orders of protection including applications to extend and petitions for violations of orders of protection and temporary orders of protection

Relates to service of orders of protection including applications to extend and petitions for violations of orders of protection and temporary orders of protection in family court.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to the enforcement of state court judgments

Relates to the enforcement of state court judgments; provides that such judgment shall be deemed entered and docketed on the day immediately preceding the date of such determination for the purpose…

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Expands assets for the benefit of a decedent's family which are exempt from provisions of a will

Expands assets for the benefit of a decedent's family which are exempt from provisions of a will; increases the aggregate amounts applicable thereto; allows for payment of compensation to the estate…

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Grants chief administrator of the courts authority to allow referees to determine certain applications to a family court for an order of protection; repealer

Grants the chief administrator of the courts the authority to allow referees to determine applications to a family court for an order of protection when such application is made ex parte or without…

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Establishes an address confidentiality program in the office of the secretary of state for domestic violence victims who need to maintain secrecy of their location

Establishes an address confidentiality program in the office of the secretary of state for domestic violence victims who need to maintain confidentiality of their location; authorizes the secretary…

Helene WeinsteinVetoed

Vetoed

Authorizes family court in family offense proceedings to extend an order of protection upon showing of good cause or consent

Authorizes the family court in family offense proceedings to extend an order of protection upon the showing of good cause or consent of the parties.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Grants the court of claims jurisdiction to hear and determine claims against the state for retaliatory personnel actions

Grants the court of claims jurisdiction to hear and determine claims against the state for retaliatory personnel actions.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Requires owners of buildings receiving state benefits to make available rooms for voting and registration which are accessible to the handicapped

Requires owners of buildings who obtain tax abatement exemptions or other public benefits to make available rooms for voting and registration which are accessible to individuals with handicapping…

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides for the payment of all counsel and expert fees in matrimonial actions by the more monied party to such action

Provides for the payment of all counsel and expert fees in matrimonial actions by the more monied party to such action; adds actions to obtain maintenance or distribution of property after a foreign…

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that orders of protection shall not be denied solely on the basis that the events alleged are not contemporaneous with the application therefor

Provides that orders of protection shall not be denied, in support proceedings, paternity proceedings, termination of parental rights proceedings, person in need of supervision proceedings, family…

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Makes technical corrections to provisions establishing powers of attorney for financial estate planning

Makes technical corrections to provisions establishing powers of attorney for financial and estate planning.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Relates to increasing property values which are exempt from the satisfaction of a money judgement

Relates to increasing property values which are exempt from the satisfaction of a money judgement and increases the exemptions in bankruptcy.

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Directs the law revision commission to review, assess and make recommendations on revisions to divorce and maintenance laws of the state

Directs the law revision commission to review, assess and make recommendations on revisions to the divorce and maintenance laws of the state; requires such commission to report its findings and…

Helene WeinsteinStricken

Relates to modifying child support orders, employer reporting of new hires and quarterly earnings, work experience programs and noncustodial earned income tax

Relates to modifying child support orders, employer reporting of new hires and quarterly earnings, work experience programs and noncustodial earned income tax credit.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Chapter amends S. 4532-A and A. 7569-A, relating to counsel and expert fees in matrimonial actions, to change the effective date to 60 days after enactment

Relates to counsel and expert fees in matrimonial actions, to change the effective date from 120 days after it shall have become a law to 60 days after it shall have become a law.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Clarifies when the family court may order an ACOD either before entry of a fact-finding order or entry of a final disposition

Clarifies when the family court may order an ACOD either before entry of a fact-finding order or entry of a final disposition; clarifies the procedures applicable when a parent has successfully…

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action

Provides that only the owner and holder of a mortgage and note, or its agent, shall have standing to commence a mortgage foreclosure action; lack of standing shall be defense that may be raised at…

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Provides for orders of attachment against a foreign state

Provides for orders of attachment against a foreign state.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Requires a recording officer not to record or accept a transfer or assignment of interest in a mortgage unless accompanied with a mortgage ownership assignment

Requires a recording officer not to record or accept a transfer or assignment of interest in a mortgage unless accompanied with a mortgage ownership assignment document.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Senate floor

Places responsibility for supervision of probation services in family court with the judiciary

Places responsibility for supervision of probation services in family court with the judiciary, including the obligation to budget the statutory percentage of state reimbursement to localities for…

Helene WeinsteinCodes Committee

Relates to the duties of the attorney general

Authorizes the attorney general to institute a civil action or proceeding for violations of section 465 of the vehicle and traffic law.

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance

Authorizes the mortgagee or lienor of an abandoned multiple dwelling to apply for the appointment of a receiver to bring the building into compliance.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to bills as prima facie proof of damages

Provides that itemized bills or invoices, receipted or marked paid, for services, supplies or repairs of an amount not in excess of ten thousand dollars are admissible in evidence and are prima…

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Continues and expands New York's program for use of electronic means for filing certain papers in civil litigation in supreme court and other courts

Continues and expands New York's program for use of electronic means for filing certain papers in civil litigation in supreme court and other courts.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"

Enacts the "consumer credit fairness act"; establishes a 3 year statute of limitations for commencement of a cause of action arising out of a consumer credit transaction where the defendant is a…

Helene WeinsteinRules Committee

Alters the statute of limitations for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice

Alters the statute of limitations for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice to two years and six months from the time when a person knows or reasonably should have known of the alleged negligent…

Helene WeinsteinCodes Committee

Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Sanctuary for Families in New York, New York

Helene WeinsteinAdopted

Adopted

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Sanctuary for Families' center for Battered Women's Legal Services

Helene WeinsteinAdopted

Adopted

Establishes requirements for jurisdiction over a party which holds the property of a judgment debtor in an action brought by the judgment creditor

Establishes requirements for jurisdiction over a party which holds the property of a judgment debtor in an action brought by the judgment creditor to acquire such property.

Helene WeinsteinCodes Committee

Relates to tenant security deposit accounts and administrative expenses to which a person may be entitled

Provides that a landlord depositing security deposits in an interest bearing account shall be entitled to receive as administration expenses a sum equivalent to 20 percent of the interest earned by…

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Commending the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc. for giving 20 years of pro bono legal services to the Brooklyn community

Helene WeinsteinAdopted

Adopted

Relates to the reimbursement of school districts for the transportation of students

Relates to the reimbursement of school districts for the transportation of students.

Helene WeinsteinEducation Committee

Includes sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse, stalking and criminal mischief within offenses which may constitute domestic violence

Includes sexual misconduct, forcible touching, sexual abuse, stalking and criminal mischief within the criminal offenses which may constitute domestic violence for the purposes of domestic violence…

Helene WeinsteinSocial Services Committee

Provides that for settlements that require a court order the order shall provide for the payment of interest on the settlement amount at the statutory rate

Provides that for settlements that require a court order, the order, or the judgment in a special proceeding, shall provide for the payment of interest on the settlement amount at the statutory…

Helene WeinsteinOn the Senate floor

Grants jurisdiction to entertain certain declaratory judgment actions commenced pursuant to the fee dispute resolution program

Grants jurisdiction to entertain certain declaratory judgment actions commenced pursuant to the fee dispute resolution program.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Provides that certain defenses relating to proper service on a third-party plaintiff by a plaintiff may not be asserted in the answer of a third-party defendant

Prohibits a third-party defendant from asserting an objection or defense that the summons and complaint, summons with notice or notice of petition and petition were not properly served, or that…

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Commending The Friends United Block Association upon the occasion of celebrating its 14th Anniversary

Helene WeinsteinAdopted

Adopted

Directs municipal police training council to establish policies and procedures for police officers, relating to investigation of and intervention into sex offenses

Directs the municipal police training council to establish policies and procedures for police officers, relating to the investigation of and intervention into sex offenses; provides for…

Helene WeinsteinFinance Committee

Requires all motor vehicle insurers to file annual detailed financial and claim data statements with the superintendent of insurance

Requires all motor vehicle insurers to file annual detailed financial and claim data statements with the superintendent of insurance; all such statements shall be made available to the public.

Helene WeinsteinInsurance Committee

Relates to court approval of transfers of structured settlements

Relates to court approval of transfers of structured settlements; requires an order to show cause and attendance of the payee.

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to the representation of children; replaces the term "law guardian" with the term "attorney for the child" to more accurately reflect the attorney's role

Relates to the representation of children; replaces the term "law guardian" with the term "attorney for the child" to more accurately reflect the attorney's role.

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Commending Madison Jewish Center on its 79th Anniversary Journal Dinner Celebration on May 23, 2010 and applauding the honorees of the evening

Helene WeinsteinAdopted

Adopted

Provides for additional family court judges in the city of New York and certain counties throughout New York state

Provides for additional family court judges in the city of New York and in the counties of Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Oswego, St.

Helene WeinsteinWays And Means Committee

Provides, in tort cases where one defendant has settled, that remaining defendants must elect prior to trial as to reduction in liability; repealer

Provides, in tort cases where one defendant has settled, that remaining defendants must elect, prior to trial, whether to reduce liability by the amount of the settlement or by the amount of the…

Helene WeinsteinJudiciary Committee

Establishes criteria for notice to be filed and served when done by electronic means in N.Y. city

Establishes criteria for notice to be filed and served when done by electronic means in a city having a population of more than one million; provides for an application for leave to serve a late…

Helene WeinsteinSigned by Governor

Signed into law

Increases the amount of exemptions in bankruptcy proceedings and money judgments; provides a choice between state and federal exemptions

Increases the amounts of certain real and personal property that are exempt from money judgments and bankruptcy; provides a choice between claiming the state or federal exemptions in such instances;…

Helene WeinsteinOn the Assembly floor

Relates to making changes to include the disclosure of electronically stored information in civil cases

Relates to making changes to include the disclosure of electronically stored information in civil cases.

Helene WeinsteinCodes Committee

Makes permanent the provisions of chapter 455 of the laws of 1997 conferring certain powers to the New York city marshals

Makes permanent the provisions of chapter 455 of the laws of 1997 which confers on New York city marshals the same functions, powers and duties as sheriffs with respect to money judgments.

Helene WeinsteinStricken