Amd §240, rpld §240 sub 1-b ¶(b) sub¶ 4, ¶(b) sub¶ 5 cl (iv) subcls (B) & (C), Dom Rel L; amd §111-i, Soc
Serv L; amd §§413, 454, 461 & 115, rpld §413 sub 1 ¶(b) sub¶ 4, sub¶ 5 cl (iv) subcls (B) & (C), §454 sub 2
¶¶(e) & (f), §§458-a & 458-b, Fam Ct Act; amd §510, V & T L; amd §119, ABC L; amd §§6509-b & 6509-c, Ed L;
amd §90, Judy L; amd §441-c, RP L
Enacts the "family reform act"; provides that child support amounts shall be calculated based on the non-custodial parent's income; excludes health insurance costs and federal and state income taxes paid from the calculation of income for child support calculation purposes; decreases the amount of time courts can imprison an individual for the non-payment of child support; requires courts to collect certain demographic information in relation to orders of child support issued, modified or enforced and publish a report on such information; makes related provisions.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8389--B
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 13, 2025
___________
Introduced by M. of A. BURROUGHS, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, JACKSON, WEPRIN,
ZINERMAN, TAYLOR, HOOKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the
Committee on Judiciary in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, the social services law, the
family court act, the vehicle and traffic law, the alcoholic beverage
control law, the education law, the judiciary law and the real proper-
ty law, in relation to enacting the "family reform act"; and to repeal
certain provisions of the domestic relations law and the family court
act relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "family
2 reform act".
3 § 2. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 240
4 of the domestic relations law, as added by chapter 215 of the laws of
5 2009, is amended to read as follows:
6 (3) When the person on whose behalf the petition is brought is a child
7 in accordance with paragraph (c) of this subdivision, health insurance
8 benefits shall be considered "reasonable in cost" if the cost of health
9 insurance benefits does not exceed five percent of [the combined
10 parental] either parent's gross income. The cost of health insurance
11 benefits shall refer to the cost of the premium and deductible attribut-
12 able to adding the child or children to existing coverage or the differ-
13 ence between such costs for self-only and family coverage. Provided,
14 however, the presumption that the health insurance benefits are reason-
15 able in cost may be rebutted upon a finding that the cost is unjust or
16 inappropriate which finding shall be based on the circumstances of the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11275-07-6
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1 case, the cost and comprehensiveness of the health insurance benefits
2 for which the child or children may otherwise be eligible, and the best
3 interests of the child or children. In no instance shall health insur-
4 ance benefits be considered "reasonable in cost" if a parent's share of
5 the cost of extending such coverage would reduce the income of that
6 parent below the self-support reserve. Health insurance benefits are
7 "reasonably accessible" if the child lives within the geographic area
8 covered by the plan or lives within thirty minutes or thirty miles of
9 travel time from the child's residence to the services covered by the
10 health insurance benefits or through benefits provided under a recipro-
11 cal agreement; provided, however, this presumption may be rebutted for
12 good cause shown including, but not limited to, the special health needs
13 of the child. The court shall set forth such finding and the reasons
14 therefor in the order of support.
15 § 3. Subparagraphs 2 and 3 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1-b of
16 section 240 of the domestic relations law, as added by chapter 567 of
17 the laws of 1989, are amended to read as follows:
18 (2) "Child support" shall mean a sum to be paid pursuant to court
19 order or decree by either or both parents or pursuant to a valid agree-
20 ment between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any
21 unemancipated child under the age of [twenty-one] eighteen years.
22 (3) "Child support percentage" shall mean:
23 (i) seventeen percent of the [combined parental] non-custodial
24 parent's income for one child;
25 (ii) twenty-five percent of the [combined parental] non-custodial
26 parent's income for two children;
27 (iii) twenty-nine percent of the [combined parental] non-custodial
28 parent's income for three children;
29 (iv) thirty-one percent of the [combined parental] non-custodial
30 parent's income for four children; and
31 (v) no less than thirty-five percent of the [combined parental] non-
32 custodial parent's income for five or more children.
33 § 4. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1-b of section 240
34 of the domestic relations law is REPEALED.
35 § 5. Subclauses (B) and (C) of clause (iv) of subparagraph 5 of para-
36 graph (b) of subdivision 1-b of section 240 of the domestic relations
37 law are REPEALED.
38 § 6. Clause (vii) of subparagraph 5 of paragraph (b) of subdivision
39 1-b of section 240 of the domestic relations law, as added by chapter
40 567 of the laws of 1989 and subclause (C) as amended by chapter 387 of
41 the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
42 (vii) the following shall be deducted from income prior to applying
43 the provisions of paragraph (c) of this subdivision:
44 (A) unreimbursed employee business expenses except to the extent said
45 expenses reduce personal expenditures,
46 (B) alimony or maintenance actually paid to a spouse not a party to
47 the instant action pursuant to court order or validly executed written
48 agreement,
49 (C) alimony or maintenance actually paid or to be paid to a spouse who
50 is a party to the instant action pursuant to an existing court order or
51 contained in the order to be entered by the court, or pursuant to a
52 validly executed written agreement, in which event the order or agree-
53 ment shall provide for a specific adjustment, in accordance with this
54 subdivision, in the amount of child support payable upon the termination
55 of alimony or maintenance to such spouse; provided, however, that the
56 specific adjustment in the amount of child support is without prejudice
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1 to either party's right to seek a modification in accordance with
2 subparagraph two of paragraph b of subdivision nine of part B of section
3 two hundred thirty-six of this article. In an action or proceeding to
4 modify an order of child support, including an order incorporating with-
5 out merging an agreement, issued prior to the effective date of this
6 subclause, the provisions of this subclause shall not, by themselves,
7 constitute a substantial change of circumstances pursuant to paragraph b
8 of subdivision nine of part B of section two hundred thirty-six of this
9 article[.],
10 (D) child support actually paid pursuant to court order or written
11 agreement on behalf of any child for whom the parent has a legal duty of
12 support and who is not subject to the instant action,
13 (E) public assistance,
14 (F) supplemental security income,
15 (G) New York city or Yonkers income or earnings taxes actually paid,
16 [and]
17 (H) federal insurance contributions act (FICA) taxes actually paid[.],
18 (I) New York state income or earnings taxes actually paid,
19 (J) federal income or earnings taxes actually paid, and
20 (K) health insurance costs actually paid.
21 § 7. Subparagraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of paragraph (c) of subdivision 1-b
22 of section 240 of the domestic relations law, as added by chapter 567 of
23 the laws of 1989 and subparagraph 2 as amended by chapter 343 of the
24 laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
25 (1) The court shall determine the [combined parental] non-custodial
26 parent's income.
27 (2) The court shall multiply the [combined parental] non-custodial
28 parent's income up to the amount set forth in paragraph (b) of subdivi-
29 sion two of section one hundred eleven-i of the social services law by
30 the appropriate child support percentage [and such amount shall be
31 prorated in the same proportion as each parent's income is to the
32 combined parental income].
33 (3) [Where the combined parental] The non-custodial parent's income
34 [exceeds] shall be capped at the dollar amount set forth in subparagraph
35 two of this paragraph[, the]. The court [shall] may determine the
36 amount of child support for the amount of the [combined parental] non-
37 custodial parent's income in excess of such dollar amount through
38 consideration of the factors set forth in paragraph (f) of this subdivi-
39 sion and/or the child support percentage.
40 (4) Where the custodial parent is working, or receiving elementary or
41 secondary education, or higher education or vocational training which
42 the court determines will lead to employment, and incurs child care
43 expenses as a result thereof, the court shall determine reasonable child
44 care expenses and such child care expenses, where incurred, shall be
45 prorated in the [same proportion as] amount of each parent's income [is
46 to the combined parental income]. Each parent's pro rata share of the
47 child care expenses shall be separately stated and added to the sum of
48 subparagraphs two and three of this paragraph.
49 § 8. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 1-b of section 240 of the domestic
50 relations law, as amended by chapter 436 of the laws of 2011, is amended
51 to read as follows:
52 (g) Where the court finds that the non-custodial parent's [pro rata
53 share of the] basic child support obligation is unjust or inappropriate,
54 the court shall order the non-custodial parent to pay such amount of
55 child support as the court finds just and appropriate, and the court
56 shall set forth, in a written order, the factors it considered; the
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1 amount of [each party's pro rata share of] the non-custodial parent's
2 basic child support obligation; and the reasons that the court did not
3 order the basic child support obligation. Such written order may not be
4 waived by either party or counsel; provided, however, and notwithstand-
5 ing any other provision of law, the court shall not find that the non-
6 custodial parent's [pro rata] share of such obligation is unjust or
7 inappropriate on the basis that such share exceeds the portion of a
8 public assistance grant which is attributable to a child or children.
9 Where the non-custodial parent's income is less than or equal to the
10 poverty income guidelines amount for a single person as reported by the
11 federal department of health and human services, unpaid child support
12 arrears in excess of five hundred dollars shall not accrue.
13 § 9. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2 of section 111-i of the
14 social services law, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 343 of the laws
15 of 2009 and paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 347 of the laws of 2015,
16 are amended to read as follows:
17 (a) The commissioner shall publish annually a child support standards
18 chart. The child support standards chart shall include: (i) the revised
19 poverty income guideline for a single person as reported by the federal
20 department of health and human services; (ii) the revised self-support
21 reserved as defined in section two hundred forty of the domestic
22 relations law; (iii) the dollar amounts yielded through application of
23 the child support percentage as defined in section two hundred forty of
24 the domestic relations law and section four hundred thirteen of the
25 family court act; and (iv) the [combined parental] non-custodial
26 parent's income amount.
27 (b) The [combined parental] non-custodial parent's income amount to be
28 reported in the child support standards chart and utilized in calculat-
29 ing orders of child support in accordance with subparagraph two of para-
30 graph (c) of subdivision one of section four hundred thirteen of the
31 family court act and subparagraph two of paragraph (c) of subdivision
32 one-b of section two hundred forty of the domestic relations law as of
33 January thirty-first, two thousand fourteen shall be one hundred forty-
34 one thousand dollars; provided, however, beginning March first, two
35 thousand sixteen and every two years thereafter, the [combined parental]
36 non-custodial parent's income amount shall increase by the sum of the
37 average annual percentage changes in the consumer price index for all
38 urban consumers (CPI-U) as published by the United States department of
39 labor bureau of labor statistics for the prior two years multiplied by
40 the current [combined parental] non-custodial parent's income amount and
41 then rounded to the nearest one thousand dollars.
42 § 10. Subparagraphs 2 and 3 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of
43 section 413 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 567 of the
44 laws of 1989, are amended to read as follows:
45 (2) "Child support" shall mean a sum to be paid pursuant to court
46 order or decree by either or both parents or pursuant to a valid agree-
47 ment between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any
48 unemancipated child under the age of [twenty-one] eighteen years.
49 (3) "Child support percentage" shall mean:
50 (i) seventeen percent of the [combined parental] non-custodial
51 parent's income for one child;
52 (ii) twenty-five percent of the [combined parental] non-custodial
53 parent's income for two children;
54 (iii) twenty-nine percent of the [combined parental] non-custodial
55 parent's income for three children;
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1 (iv) thirty-one percent of the [combined parental] non-custodial
2 parent's income for four children; and
3 (v) no less than thirty-five percent of the [combined parental] non-
4 custodial parent's income for five or more children.
5 § 11. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 413
6 of the family court act is REPEALED.
7 § 12. Subclauses (B) and (C) of clause (iv) of subparagraph 5 of para-
8 graph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the family court act are
9 REPEALED.
10 § 13. Clause (vii) of subparagraph 5 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1
11 of section 413 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 567 of the
12 laws of 1989 and subclause (C) as amended by chapter 387 of the laws of
13 2015, is amended to read as follows:
14 (vii) the following shall be deducted from income prior to applying
15 the provisions of paragraph (c) of this subdivision:
16 (A) unreimbursed employee business expenses except to the extent said
17 expenses reduce personal expenditures,
18 (B) alimony or maintenance actually paid to a spouse not a party to
19 the instant action pursuant to court order or validly executed written
20 agreement,
21 (C) alimony or maintenance actually paid or to be paid to a spouse who
22 is a party to the instant action pursuant to an existing court order or
23 contained in the order to be entered by the court, or pursuant to a
24 validly executed written agreement, in which event the order or agree-
25 ment shall provide for a specific adjustment, in accordance with this
26 subdivision, in the amount of child support payable upon the termination
27 of alimony or maintenance to such spouse; provided, however, that the
28 specific adjustment in the amount of child support is without prejudice
29 to either party's right to seek a modification in accordance with subdi-
30 vision three of section four hundred fifty-one of this article. In an
31 action or proceeding to modify an order of child support, including an
32 order incorporating without merging an agreement, issued prior to the
33 effective date of this subclause, the provisions of this subclause shall
34 not, by themselves, constitute a substantial change of circumstances
35 pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section four hundred
36 fifty-one of this article[.],
37 (D) child support actually paid pursuant to court order or written
38 agreement on behalf of any child for whom the parent has a legal duty of
39 support and who is not subject to the instant action,
40 (E) public assistance,
41 (F) supplemental security income,
42 (G) New York city or Yonkers income or earnings taxes actually paid,
43 [and]
44 (H) federal insurance contributions act (FICA) taxes actually paid[.],
45 (I) New York state income or earnings taxes actually paid,
46 (J) federal income or earnings taxes actually paid, and
47 (K) health insurance costs actually paid.
48 § 14. Subparagraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of
49 section 413 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 567 of the
50 laws of 1989 and subparagraph 2 as amended by chapter 343 of the laws of
51 2009, are amended to read as follows:
52 (1) The court shall determine the [combined parental] non-custodial
53 parent's income.
54 (2) The court shall multiply the [combined parental] non-custodial
55 parent's income up to the amount set forth in paragraph (b) of subdivi-
56 sion two of section one hundred eleven-i of the social services law by
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1 the appropriate child support percentage [and such amount shall be
2 prorated in the same proportion as each parent's income is to the
3 combined parental income].
4 (3) [Where the combined parental] The non-custodial parent's income
5 [exceeds] shall be capped at the dollar amount set forth in subparagraph
6 two of this paragraph[, the]. The court [shall] may determine the amount
7 of child support for the amount of the [combined parental] non-custodial
8 parent's income in excess of such dollar amount through consideration of
9 the factors set forth in paragraph (f) of this subdivision and/or the
10 child support percentage.
11 (4) Where the custodial parent is working, or receiving elementary or
12 secondary education, or higher education or vocational training which
13 the court determines will lead to employment, and incurs child care
14 expenses as a result thereof, the court shall determine reasonable child
15 care expenses and such child care expenses, where incurred, shall be
16 prorated in the [same proportion as] amount of each parent's income [is
17 to the combined parental income]. Each parent's pro rata share of the
18 child care expenses shall be separately stated and added to the sum of
19 subparagraphs two and three of this paragraph.
20 § 15. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the family
21 court act, as amended by chapter 436 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
22 read as follows:
23 (g) Where the court finds that the non-custodial parent's [pro rata
24 share of the] basic child support obligation is unjust or inappropriate,
25 the court shall order the non-custodial parent to pay such amount of
26 child support as the court finds just and appropriate, and the court
27 shall set forth, in a written order, the factors it considered; the
28 amount of [each party's pro rata share of] the non-custodial parent's
29 basic child support obligation; and the reasons that the court did not
30 order the basic child support obligation. Such written order may not be
31 waived by either party or counsel; provided, however, and notwithstand-
32 ing any other provision of law, including but not limited to section
33 four hundred fifteen of this part, the court shall not find that the
34 non-custodial parent's [pro rata] share of such obligation is unjust or
35 inappropriate on the basis that such share exceeds the portion of a
36 public assistance grant which is attributable to a child or children.
37 Where the non-custodial parent's income is less than or equal to the
38 poverty income guidelines amount for a single person as reported by the
39 federal department of health and human services, unpaid child support
40 arrears in excess of five hundred dollars shall not accrue.
41 § 16. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 454 of the family court act, as
42 amended by chapter 892 of the laws of 1986, paragraph (b) of subdivision
43 3 as added and paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 as relettered by chapter
44 699 of the laws of 1996, are amended to read as follows:
45 1. (a) If a respondent is brought before the court for failure to obey
46 any lawful order of support and if, after hearing, the court is satis-
47 fied by competent proof that the respondent has failed to obey any such
48 order, the court may use any or all of the powers conferred upon it by
49 this part. The court has the power to use any or all enforcement powers
50 in every proceeding brought for violation of a court order under this
51 part regardless of the relief requested in the petition.
52 (b) In determining whether a respondent has willfully failed to obey
53 any lawful order of support for the purposes of subdivision three of
54 this section, the court shall not make such a determination unless such
55 willfullness is proven beyond a reasonable doubt during the hearing
56 required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision.
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1 3. Upon a finding by the court that a respondent has willfully failed
2 to obey any lawful order of support, the court shall order respondent to
3 pay counsel fees to the attorney representing petitioner pursuant to
4 section four hundred thirty-eight of this act and may in addition to or
5 in lieu of any or all of the powers conferred in subdivision two of this
6 section or any other section of law:
7 (a) commit the respondent to jail for a term not to exceed [six
8 months] five days for each failure to obey any lawful order of support.
9 The respondent shall not be committed for a period exceeding thirty
10 days. [For purposes of this subdivision, failure to pay support, as
11 ordered, shall constitute prima facie evidence of a willful violation.]
12 Such commitment may be served upon certain specified days or parts of
13 days as the court may direct, and the court may, at any time within the
14 term of such sentence, revoke such suspension and commit the respondent
15 for the remainder of the original sentence, or suspend the remainder of
16 such sentence. Such commitment does not prevent the court from subse-
17 quently committing the respondent for failure thereafter to comply with
18 any such order. The court shall not commit a respondent to jail before
19 considering and ordering other alternatives, including but not limited
20 to requiring the respondent to participate in a rehabilitative program
21 pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision; or
22 (b) require the respondent to participate in a rehabilitative program
23 if the court determines that such participation would assist the
24 respondent in complying with such order of support and access to such a
25 program is available. Such rehabilitative programs shall include, but
26 not be limited to, work preparation and skill programs, non-residential
27 alcohol and substance abuse programs and educational programs; or
28 (c) place the respondent on probation under such conditions as the
29 court may determine and in accordance with the provisions of the crimi-
30 nal procedure law.
31 § 17. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of section 454 of the
32 family court act are REPEALED.
33 § 18. Sections 458-a and 458-b of the family court act are REPEALED.
34 § 19. Section 461 of the family court act is amended by adding a new
35 subdivision (d) to read as follows:
36 (d) (i) For every order of child support issued, modified, or enforced
37 pursuant to this article, the court shall collect the following demo-
38 graphic information regarding the respondent and, where applicable, the
39 petitioner:
40 (1) race and ethnicity, as voluntarily self-identified;
41 (2) age at the time of the issuance of the order;
42 (3) gender identity, as voluntarily self-identified;
43 (4) the zip code of residence; and
44 (5) whether the case was initiated in connection with public assist-
45 ance benefits.
46 (ii) No party shall be required to disclose race, ethnicity, or gender
47 identity. Any such disclosure shall be voluntary and shall not affect
48 the outcome of any proceeding.
49 (iii) All demographic information collected pursuant to this subdivi-
50 sion shall:
51 (1) be maintained in the unified court system's case management
52 system;
53 (2) be confidential and not subject to disclosure under article six of
54 the public officers law, except in aggregated and anonymized form; and
55 (3) not be used in any individual adjudication.
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1 (iv) The office of court administration, in consultation with the
2 office of temporary and disability assistance, shall publish an annual
3 report including aggregated statewide and county-level data regarding:
4 (1) the number of active child support orders;
5 (2) the number of new orders issued;
6 (3) the number of modification petitions filed and granted;
7 (4) the number of enforcement proceedings initiated;
8 (5) the number of incarceration orders issued pursuant to section four
9 hundred fifty-four of this article; and
10 (6) demographic breakdowns by race, ethnicity, age, and gender.
11 (v) The chief administrator of the courts shall promulgate rules and
12 regulations as necessary to implement the provisions of this subdivi-
13 sion.
14 § 20. Subdivision (f) of section 115 of the family court act, as
15 amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as
16 follows:
17 (f) The family court has jurisdiction to direct the commencement of
18 proceedings to suspend the driving privileges, recreational licenses and
19 permits, and license, permit, registration or authority to practice of
20 persons who are delinquent in their child or combined child and spousal
21 support obligations or persons who have failed, after receiving appro-
22 priate notice, to comply with summonses, subpoenas or warrants relating
23 to paternity and child support proceedings as set forth in sections
24 [four hundred fifty-eight-a, four hundred fifty-eight-b,] four hundred
25 fifty-eight-c, five hundred forty-eight-a, five hundred forty-eight-b,
26 and five hundred forty-eight-c of this act. Such jurisdiction shall
27 include jurisdiction over all boards, departments, authorities or
28 offices of the state for the purposes of implementing such section.
29 § 21. Paragraph 3 of subdivision 4-e of section 510 of the vehicle and
30 traffic law, as amended by chapter 601 of the laws of 2007, is amended
31 to read as follows:
32 (3) Upon receipt of notification from the office of temporary and
33 disability assistance of a person's failure to satisfy support arrears
34 or to make satisfactory payment arrangements thereon pursuant to para-
35 graph (e) of subdivision twelve of section one hundred eleven-b of the
36 social services law or notification from a court issuing an order pursu-
37 ant to [section four hundred fifty-eight-a of the family court act or]
38 section two hundred forty-four-b of the domestic relations law, the
39 commissioner or [his or her] such commissioner's agent shall suspend the
40 license of such person to operate a motor vehicle. In the event such
41 person is unlicensed, such person's privilege of obtaining a license
42 shall be suspended. Such suspension shall take effect no later than
43 fifteen days from the date of the notice thereof to the person whose
44 license or privilege of obtaining a license is to be suspended, and
45 shall remain in effect until such time as the commissioner is advised
46 that the person has satisfied the support arrears or has made satisfac-
47 tory payment arrangements thereon pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivi-
48 sion twelve of section one hundred eleven-b of the social services law
49 or until such time as the court issues an order to terminate such
50 suspension;
51 § 22. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 119 of the alcoholic
52 beverage control law, as amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997, is
53 amended to read as follows:
54 (a) The provisions of this subdivision shall apply in all cases of
55 licensee or permittee failure after receiving appropriate notice, to
56 comply with a summons, subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or
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1 child support proceeding and arrears in payment of child support or
2 combined child and spousal support referred to the authority by a court
3 pursuant to the requirements of section two hundred forty-four-c of the
4 domestic relations law or pursuant to section [four hundred
5 fifty-eight-b or] five hundred forty-eight-b of the family court act.
6 § 23. Subdivision 1 of section 6509-b of the education law, as added
7 by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
8 1. The provisions of this section shall apply in all cases of licensee
9 or registrant arrears in payment of child support or combined child and
10 spousal support referred to the board of regents by a court pursuant to
11 the requirements of section two hundred forty-four-c of the domestic
12 relations law [or pursuant to section four hundred fifty-eight-b of the
13 family court act].
14 § 24. Subdivision 1 of section 6509-c of the education law, as added
15 by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
16 1. The provisions of this section shall apply in all cases of licensee
17 or registrant failure after receiving appropriate notice, to comply with
18 a summons, subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or child support
19 proceeding referred to the board of regents by a court pursuant to the
20 requirements of section two hundred forty-four-c of the domestic
21 relations law or pursuant to section [four hundred fifty-eight-b or]
22 five hundred forty-eight-b of the family court act.
23 § 25. Paragraph a of subdivision 2-a of section 90 of the judiciary
24 law, as amended by chapter 398 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read
25 as follows:
26 a. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply in all cases of an
27 attorney licensed, registered or admitted to practice in this state who
28 has failed after receiving appropriate notice, to comply with a summons,
29 subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or child support proceeding
30 involving [him or her] such attorney personally, or who is in arrears in
31 payment of child support or combined child and spousal support which
32 matter shall be referred to the appropriate appellate division by a
33 court pursuant to the requirements of section two hundred forty-four-c
34 of the domestic relations law or pursuant to section [four hundred
35 fifty-eight-b or] five hundred forty-eight-b of the family court act.
36 § 26. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section
37 441-c of the real property law, as amended by chapter 529 of the laws of
38 2022, is amended to read as follows:
39 (i) The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in all cases of
40 licensed broker or licensed salesperson who have failed, after receiving
41 appropriate notice, to comply with a summons, subpoena or warrant relat-
42 ing to a paternity or child support proceeding or is in arrears in
43 payment of child support or combined child and spousal support referred
44 to the department by a court pursuant to the requirements of section two
45 hundred forty-four-c of the domestic relations law or pursuant to
46 section [four hundred fifty-eight-b or] five hundred forty-eight-b of
47 the family court act.
48 § 27. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
49 the amendments to subdivision 4-e of section 510 of the vehicle and
50 traffic law made by section twenty-one of this act shall not affect the
51 repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
