STATE OF NEW YORK
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3487
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to permitting
combination last name changes to occur when separated by a space
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Clause (iv) of subparagraph 3 of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
2 sion 1 of section 15 of the domestic relations law, as added by chapter
3 583 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
4 (iv) a combination name separated by a hyphen or space, provided that
5 each part of such combination surname is the premarriage surname, or any
6 former surname, of each of the spouses.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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