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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A04978Provides that a great-grandparent may apply to the supreme court for visitation rights with respect to certain minor great-grandchildren where either or both of the parents of such child is or are deceased.
Direction
Custody & supportotherAI label
↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 90%
Extends standing for great-grandparents to seek court-ordered visitation with minor great-grandchildren when a parent is deceased, increasing the ability of nonparents to obtain visitation rights over parental objection.
a great-grandparent or the great-grandparents of such child may apply to the supreme court by commencing a special proceeding or for a writ of habeas corpus to have such child brought before such court
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Domestic Relations Law §72 and Family Court Act §651 to add great-grandparents alongside grandparents in provisions allowing applications for visitation rights when a parent is deceased or equity requires intervention. This expands nonparent (third-party) access to court-ordered visitation, which restricts the rights of the paying/less-custodial parent per the topic axis. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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