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A6331Assembly2017-2018 Session

Tell If Sex Offender Lives Home

Official title

“Requires a custodial parent who lives with a sex offender to provide that information to a non-custodial parent”

Sponsor Gary FinchAD-126+6 co-sponsorsAffects Legal
Status
In Assembly Committee
Judiciary
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Judiciary

What's happening

This bill requires custodial parents living with a sex offender to inform the non-custodial parent of that situation.

Why it matters

  1. Enhances child safety awareness. By requiring custodial parents to inform non-custodial parents if a sex offender is living in the home, the bill provides non-custodial parents with critical information that could affect decisions about visitation, custody modifications, or child welfare actions.

  2. Promotes greater parental involvement. Non-custodial parents will be better equipped to participate in decisions regarding their child’s living environment, potentially leading to more collaborative or informed co-parenting.

  3. Addresses potential legal and ethical gaps. The bill fills a gap in current law by ensuring both parents have access to information that could impact a child’s safety, reducing the risk that a non-custodial parent is kept unaware of significant household risks.

  4. May impact custody and visitation proceedings. Disclosure of a sex offender in the custodial household could be used as evidence in court to request changes in custody or visitation arrangements, possibly affecting the legal landscape for family law cases.

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Tell If Sex Offender Lives Home

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Gary Finch

Assembly Member · Assembly District 126

History

  1. Held for consideration in judiciary
  2. Referred to judiciary
  3. Referred to judiciary

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

6331

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

March 2, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. FINCH, BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to requiring a custodial parent who lives with a sex offender to provide that information to a non-custodial parent

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

Section 1. The domestic relations law is amended by adding a new section 240-d to read as follows:

§ 240-d. Required information a custodial parent must disclose to a non-custodial parent. If a custodial parent lives with a sex offender, such parent shall be required to disclose that information to the noncustodial parent.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD00770-01-7

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