The Docket- The Children’s Law Center
What is the Child Parent Security Act ?
Susan Cordaro, Esq.
CLCNY’s Working Group on Legislation, Court Rules, and Polices that Impact
Our Practice and Our Clients has been discussing the Child-Parent Security Act,
which has been introduced in the New York State legislature. Although the bill
did not advance when it was introduced last year, indications are that there
may be movement regarding the bill when it is reintroduced in the new legislative session.
1. Summary of the Proposed Legislation
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This bill can be divided into two main components.
First, the bill authorizes entry of a “judgment of parentage,”
that legally establishes the child-parent relationship for an
“intended parent” of a child born through assisted reproduction or artificial insemination, or pursuant to a gestational carrier arrangement. The judgment can be used to obtain a birth
certificate in conformity with the court order. The legislation
defines “intended parent” as an individual who manifests the
intent as provided in the Act to be “legally bound as the parent
of a child resulting from assisted reproduction or collaborative
reproduction.” This portion of the Act is intended to address
the fact that, in New York State, children and the people raising them can be legal strangers where there is not a biological
connection, a second-parent adoption (which involves a prolonged and expensive process), or a marital-type presumption
of parentage. Thus, many have advocated for this type of legislation in order to protect children born to same-sex couples,
where one or more parent(s) is/are not biologically related to
the child. However, the cases also can involve opposite sex
couples, to whom the legislation would be equally applicable.
In addition, the portion of the bill that concerns reproductive
technologies also would authorize gestational carrier agreements in New York State, and permits reimbursement and reasonable compensation of donors and gestational carriers. According to the Empire Sta ??A???????????9??e??????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????????????????+?q??????????????t?????????????9??e???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????(???
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