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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A07005Eliminates the requirement that a driver's license, professional license or recreational license be suspended for failing to pay child support.
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Custody & supportsupport enforcementAI label
↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 90%
Eliminates the suspension of driver's, professional, occupational, business and recreational licenses as a penalty for unpaid spousal or child support arrears or for noncompliance with process in a support or paternity proceeding, so the paying parent faces fewer consequences for nonpayment.
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, the vehicle and traffic law, the social services law, the family court act, the alcoholic beverage control law, the education law, the judiciary law, the real property law and the insurance law, in relation to eliminating the requirement of the suspension of driver's licenses, professional licenses or recreational licenses for failing to pay child support; and to repeal certain provisions of the insurance law relating thereto
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Custody & supportchild supportAI label
↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 80%
Removes license-suspension enforcement mechanism that applied to both child support and spousal support arrears, reducing obligations and consequences specifically for the paying parent in child-support cases.
eliminating the requirement of the suspension of driver's licenses, professional licenses or recreational licenses for failing to pay child support
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill repeals or amends multiple statutes that previously authorized or required suspension of driving privileges and professional/occupational/recreational licenses for accumulated child-support or spousal-support arrears (or for noncompliance with process in support/paternity proceedings). By eliminating these enforcement tools, it reduces the legal consequences and obligations faced by the paying/less-custodial parent, which expands the custody-support axis under the provided definitions. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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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)
A08389Enacts the "family reform act"; provides that child support amounts shall be calculated based on the non-custodial parent's income; excludes↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Died (session ended)
S09748Establishes confirmatory adoptions providing for the adoption of children born as a result of assisted reproduction; allows for more than tw↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Died (session ended)