S 10468

New York Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: May 15, 2026.

Establishes confirmatory adoptions and allowing courts to grant the custody and support from more than two parents.

Bill ID NY-2025-2026-S-10468

Session 2025-2026

Status in_committee

Committee Children And Families

Senate in_committee 2026-05-15

Family / Children

Summary

Establishes confirmatory adoptions allowing adoption and parentage judgements for a child with more than two parents; recognizes functional parents as legal parents; allows "de facto parents" to get a court order confirming their parentage; grants all legal parents standing to seek visitation or custody of their children.

Sponsor

Erik Bottcher

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Actions Timeline

Date	Event	Detail
2026-05-15	Introduced	Bill introduced
2026-05-15	Status	in_committee
2026-05-15	Latest Action	In Senate Committee

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