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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A04880Establishes confirmatory adoptions providing for the adoption of children born as a result of assisted reproduction; allows for more than two persons to be named parents of a child; establishes presumed parentage and provides for the challenge and adjudication thereof; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.
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Custody & supportcustody parenting timeAI label
↔Mixed rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 80%
Allows courts to award custody to more than two parents and changes custody determinations to consider best interest factors without prima facie right to either parent, while establishing multi-parent presumptions, confirmatory adoptions, and adjudication of competing parentage claims based on bests
Where a court deems it to be in the child's best interest, based on factors listed in paragraphs one, two, three and four of subdivision (a) of section five hundred eighty-six of the family court act, the court may award custody to more than two parents.
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Custody & supportchild supportAI label
↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 70%
Expands the definition of parents for child support calculations to include more than two parents by changing references from 'either or both' and 'both' to 'one or more' and 'all', and requires consideration of multiple parents' incomes and obligations in support orders.
"Child support" shall mean a sum to be paid pursuant to court order or decree by [deleted: either or both] one or more parents or pursuant to a valid agreement between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any unemancipated child under the age of twenty-one years.
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Custody & supportpaternityAI label
↔Mixed rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 80%
Establishes presumptions of parentage (including for non-birthing spouses and those holding out the child), allows challenges to presumptions, provides for adjudication of parentage and competing claims based on best interest, and enables more than two legal parents.
An individual is presumed to be a parent of a child if: (1) Except as otherwise provided under section 581-406 of this act: (i) the individual and the person who gave birth to the child are married to each other and the child is born during the marriage...
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill primarily addresses parentage through confirmatory adoptions for assisted reproduction, multi-parent adoptions, presumptions of parentage, and adjudication of competing claims, all of which alter custody, parenting time, and support determinations between parents (including more than two). It repeals prior presumptions and updates support formulas to account for multiple parents. No provisions address firearms, transgender issues, abortion, or immigration enforcement.
Related bills
A06194Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Died (session ended)
S05998Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs the court ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Died (session ended)
S08253Relates to interest on unclaimed child and spousal support payments by the owner of abandoned properties.=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Died (session ended)
S10468Establishes confirmatory adoptions allowing adoption and parentage judgements for a child with more than two parents; recognizes functional ↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↔Mixed rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Died (session ended)