A 4978

New York Assembly bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 7, 2026.

Relates to the visitation rights of great-grandparents.

Bill ID NY-2025-2026-A-4978

Session 2025-2026

Status in_committee

Committee Judiciary

Assembly in_committee 2026-01-07

Summary

Provides that a great-grandparent may apply to the supreme court for visitation rights with respect to certain minor great-grandchildren where either or both of the parents of such child is or are deceased.

Sponsor

Vivian Cook

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2025-02-10	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-01-07	Status	in_committee
2026-01-07	Latest Action	In Assembly Committee

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