STATE OF NEW YORK
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6229
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 28, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- (at request of the Office of Court
Administration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judici-
ary
AN ACT to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to the
revocatory effect of divorce and relatives of a former spouse
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 5-1.4 of the estates, powers and trusts law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
3 (g) The revocatory effect of paragraph (a) shall be presumed to apply
4 to a person in any relationship to the divorced individual that was
5 based upon said marriage, including but not limited to stepchildren,
6 stepgrandchildren and parents-in-law, unless there is substantial
7 evidence of the divorced individual's contrary intention. Testimony with
8 regard to such intention shall not be disqualified under CPLR 4519
9 provided that such testimony is supported by other evidence.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09740-01-7
