Relates to child support for children attending a college ROTC program, a military college, a military preparatory school or one of the United States military academies.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2392--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 22, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act, in
relation to child support for children attending a college ROTC
program, a military college, a military preparatory school or one of
the United States military academies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of part B of section 236 of
2 the domestic relations law, as amended by chapter 281 of the laws of
3 1980, is amended to read as follows:
4 f. The term "child support" shall mean a sum paid pursuant to court
5 order or decree by either or both parents or pursuant to a valid agree-
6 ment between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any
7 unemancipated child under the age of twenty-one years. For purposes of
8 this paragraph, a child under the age of twenty-one years who attends a
9 college reserve officers' training corps (ROTC) program, a military
10 college, a military preparatory school or one of the United States mili-
11 tary academies shall not be deemed emancipated solely for attending such
12 educational institution.
13 § 2. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1-b of section 240
14 of the domestic relations law, as added by chapter 567 of the laws of
15 1989, is amended to read as follows:
16 (2) "Child support" shall mean a sum to be paid pursuant to court
17 order or decree by either or both parents or pursuant to a valid agree-
18 ment between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any
19 unemancipated child under the age of twenty-one years. For purposes of
20 this subparagraph, a child under the age of twenty-one years who attends
21 a college reserve officers' training corps (ROTC) program, a military
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 college, a military preparatory school or one of the United States mili-
2 tary academies shall not be deemed emancipated solely for attending such
3 educational institution.
4 § 3. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 413
5 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 567 of the laws of 1989,
6 is amended to read as follows:
7 (2) "Child support" shall mean a sum to be paid pursuant to court
8 order or decree by either or both parents or pursuant to a valid agree-
9 ment between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any
10 unemancipated child under the age of twenty-one years. For purposes of
11 this subparagraph, a child under the age of twenty-one years who attends
12 a college reserve officers' training corps (ROTC) program, a military
13 college, a military preparatory school or one of the United States mili-
14 tary academies shall not be deemed emancipated solely for attending such
15 educational institution.
16 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
