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NY S 10468

in committee

Establishes confirmatory adoptions and allowing courts to grant the custody and support from more than two parents

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 10468 pass?

Not yet. NY S 10468 is in committee as of 2026-05-15 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-15): REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

What is NY S 10468 about?

Establishes confirmatory adoptions allowing adoption and parentage judgements for a child with more than two parents; recognizes functional parents as legal parents; allows "de facto parents" to get a court order confirming their parentage; grants all legal parents standing to seek visitation or custody of their children.

Who sponsors NY S 10468?

Erik Bottcher is the primary sponsor of NY S 10468.

Description

Establishes confirmatory adoptions allowing adoption and parentage judgements for a child with more than two parents; recognizes functional parents as legal parents; allows "de facto parents" to get a court order confirming their parentage; grants all legal parents standing to seek visitation or custody of their children.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-15 — REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Erik Bottcherprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-05-15

    REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

    referral-committee

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9280not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1787not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 465not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S10468?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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