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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S04555Establishes 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 of the domestic relations law and the family court act relating thereto.
Direction
Custody & supportcustody parenting timeAI label
↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 90%
Allows courts to award custody to more than two parents and removes prima facie right to custody for either parent, replacing it with best-interest determination that can recognize multi-parent arrangements, so more rights for the less-custodial parent(s).
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
↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 80%
Changes child support calculations to account for one or more parents instead of either or both, and combined parental income of all parents, allowing support obligations to be spread among more than two parents, which reduces the obligations on any single less-custodial parent.
"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.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill establishes confirmatory adoptions for children born of assisted reproduction, creates presumptions of parentage, allows adjudication of competing parentage claims and recognition of more than two legal parents based on the child's best interest, repeals prior presumptions, and updates custody and child support statutes to explicitly accommodate multiple parents. These provisions expand rights for less-custodial or paying parents by enabling shared custody and diluted support obligations among more than two parents. No provisions address firearms, transgender issues, abortion, or any
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)