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NY Dom Rel L § 83 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 6 - Guardians 83 - Duties and Liabilities of All General Guardians.

§  83.  Duties  and  liabilities  of  all general guardians. A general   guardian or guardian in socage shall safely keep  the  property  of  his   ward  that shall come into his custody, and shall not make or suffer any   waste, sale or destruction of such property or  inheritance,  but  shall   keep  in repair and maintain the houses, gardens and other appurtenances   to the lands of his ward, by and with the issues and profits thereof, or   with such other moneys  belonging  to  his  ward  as  shall  be  in  his   possession;  and  shall  deliver  the same to his ward, when he comes to   full age, in at least as good condition as such  guardian  received  the   same, inevitable decay and injury only excepted; and shall answer to his   ward  for the issues and profits of the real estate, received by him, by   a lawful account, to be settled before any  court,  judge  or  surrogate   having  authority  to  settle  the  accounts of general and testamentary   guardians; and any order, judgment or decree in any action or proceeding   to settle such accounts may be enforced to the same extent, and in  like   manner  as  in  the  case  of general and testamentary guardians. If any   guardian shall make or suffer any waste,  sale  or  destruction  of  the   inheritance  of  his ward, he shall lose the custody of the same, and of   such ward, and shall be  liable  to  the  ward  for  any  damage  caused   thereby.
NY Dom Rel L § 85 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 6 - Guardians 85 - Investment of Trust Funds by Guardian.

§  85. Investment of trust funds by guardian. A guardian holding funds   for investment has the powers provided  by  section  twenty-one  of  the   personal  property  law  and  must  not  invest  the  funds in any other   securities or manner.
NY Dom Rel L § 121 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 8 - Genetic Surrogate Parenting Contracts 121 - Definitions.

§  121.  Definitions. When used in this article, unless the context or subject matter manifestly requires a different interpretation:   1. "Genetic surrogate" shall mean a person who gives birth to a  child who  is  the  person's  genetic  child  pursuant  to a genetic surrogate parenting agreement.   2. "Genetic surrogate parenting agreement" shall mean  any  agreement, oral or written, in which:  (a) a genetic surrogate agrees either to be inseminated with the sperm of  a person who is not their spouse or to be impregnated with an embryo that is the product of the genetic surrogate's ovum fertilized with  the sperm of a person who is not their spouse; and  (b)  the  genetic  surrogate  agrees  to,  or intends to, surrender or consent to  the  adoption  of  the  child  born  as  a  result  of  such insemination or impregnation.
NY Dom Rel L § 122 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 8 - Genetic Surrogate Parenting Contracts 122 - Public Policy.

§  122.  Public  policy.  Genetic  surrogate  parenting agreements are   hereby declared contrary to the public policy of  this  state,  and  are   void and unenforceable.
NY Dom Rel L § 123 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 8 - Genetic Surrogate Parenting Contracts 123 - Prohibitions and Penalties.

§  123. Prohibitions and penalties. 1. No person or other entity shall knowingly request, accept, receive, pay or give any fee, compensation or other remuneration, directly  or  indirectly,  in  connection  with  any genetic  surrogate  parenting agreement, or induce, arrange or otherwise assist in arranging a genetic surrogate parenting agreement for  a  fee, compensation or other remuneration, except for:  (a)  payments  in connection with the adoption of a child permitted by subdivision six of section three  hundred  seventy-four  of  the  social services  law and disclosed pursuant to subdivision eight of section one hundred fifteen of this chapter; or  (b) payments for reasonable  and  actual  medical  fees  and  hospital expenses  for artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization services incurred by the genetic surrogate in connection with the  birth  of  the child.   2.  (a)  Any  party  to a genetic surrogate parenting agreement or the spouse of any part  to  a  genetic  surrogate  parenting  agreement  who violate  this  section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars.  (b) Any other person or entity  who  or  which  induces,  arranges  or otherwise  assists  in  the  formation  of a genetic surrogate parenting contract for a fee, compensation  or  other  remuneration  or  otherwise violates  this section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars and forfeiture  to  the  state  of  any  such  fee, compensation  or  remuneration  in  accordance  with  the  provisions of subdivision (a) of section seven thousand two hundred one of  the  civil practice law and rules, for the first such offense. Any person or entity who  or which induces, arranges or otherwise assists in the formation of a genetic surrogate parenting contract for a fee, compensation or  other remuneration  or otherwise violates this section, after having been once subject to a civil penalty for violating this section, shall  be  guilty of a felony.
NY Dom Rel L § 124 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 8 - Genetic Surrogate Parenting Contracts 124 - Proceedings Regarding Parental Rights, Status or Obligations.

§  124.  Proceedings regarding parental rights, status or obligations.   In any action or proceeding  involving  a  purported  genetic  surrogacy   parenting agreement, the parentage of the child will be determined based   on the laws of New York state and:1.  the court shall not consider the genetic surrogate's participation   in a genetic surrogate parenting agreement as adverse to their  parental   rights, status, or obligations; and2.  the  court,  having regard to the circumstances of the case and of   the respective parties including the parties' relative  ability  to  pay   such  fees  and  expenses,  in  its  discretion  and in the interests of   justice, may award to either party reasonable and  actual  counsel  fees   and   legal   expenses  incurred  in  connection  with  such  action  or   proceeding. Such award may be made in the order or judgment by which the   particular action or proceeding is finally determined, or by one or more   orders from time to time before the final order or judgment, or by  both   such order or orders and the final order or judgment; provided, however,   that  in  any  dispute  involving a genetic surrogate who has executed a   valid surrender or consent to the  adoption,  nothing  in  this  section   shall  empower  a court to make any award that it would not otherwise be   empowered to direct.
NY Dom Rel L § 142 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 9 - Action to Annul a Marriage or Declare It Void 142 - Dismissal of Complaint in Action by Next Friend to Annul a Marriage.

§  142.  Dismissal  of  complaint  in action by next friend to annul a   marriage.  Where  the  next  friend  of  an  infant,   person   with   a   developmental  disability  or  person with a mental illness maintains an   action annulling a marriage, the court  may  dismiss  the  complaint  if   justice  so  requires,  although,  in  a  like  case,  the  party to the   marriage, if plaintiff, would be entitled to judgment.
NY Dom Rel L § 143 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 9 - Action to Annul a Marriage or Declare It Void 143 - Jury Trial.

§  143.  Jury trial. In an action to annul a marriage, except where it   is founded upon an allegation of the physical incapacity of one  of  the   parties  thereto,  there is a right to trial by a jury of all the issues   of fact.
NY Dom Rel L § 144 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 9 - Action to Annul a Marriage or Declare It Void 144 - Proof Required.

§  144.  Proof required. 1.  In an action to annul a marriage, a final   judgment annulling the marriage shall not be  rendered  by  default  for   want  of an appearance or pleading, or by consent, or upon a trial of an   issue, without proof of the facts upon which the allegation  of  nullity   is  founded.    Plaintiff  shall  prove  that  there  has  been  no such   cohabitation between the parties as would bar a judgment except that  in   an  action  under  subdivision  (c)  of  section  one  hundred forty the   plaintiff may prove instead that the mental illness still continues.2.   In any action, whether or  not  contested,  brought  to  annul  a   marriage,  the declaration or confession of either party to the marriage   is not alone sufficient as proof, but other satisfactory evidence of the   facts must be produced.
NY Dom Rel L § 146 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 9 - Action to Annul a Marriage or Declare It Void 146 - Judgment, How Far Conclusive.

§  146.    Judgment, how far conclusive. A final judgment, annulling a   marriage rendered during the lifetime of both the parties is  conclusive   evidence  of  the invalidity of the marriage in every court of record or   not of record, in any action or special proceeding, civil  or  criminal.   Such a judgment rendered after the death of either party to the marriage   is  conclusive  only  as  against  the  parties  to the action and those   claiming under them.
NY Dom Rel L § 170-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 10 - Action for Divorce 170-A - Special Action.

§  170-a. Special action. a. A spouse against whom a decree of divorce has been obtained under the provisions of subdivision  five  or  six  of section  one hundred seventy of this chapter, where the decree, judgment or agreement of separation was obtained or entered into prior to January twenty-first, nineteen hundred seventy, may institute an action in which there shall be recoverable, in addition to any rights under this or  any other  provisions  of  law,  an  amount  equivalent  to the value of any economic and property rights of which the spouse was deprived by  virtue of  such  decree,  except  where the grounds for the separation judgment would have excluded recovery of economic and property rights.   b. In determining the  value  of  the  economic  and  property  rights described  in  subdivision  a  hereof, the plaintiff's interest shall be calculated as though the defendant died intestate and as if the death of the defendant had immediately antedated the divorce.   c. If the defendant shall  establish  that  intervening  circumstances have  rendered  an  award described in subdivision a hereof inequitable, the court may award to the plaintiff such portion of such  economic  and property rights as justice may require.   d.  If  the defendant shall establish that the plaintiff has expressly or impliedly waived all or some portion of  the  aforesaid  economic  or property  rights,  the  court shall deny recovery of all such rights, or deny recovery of the portion of such rights as justice may require.   e. Actions under this subdivision may be brought:  (i) Within two years of the enactment of this section, or  (ii) Within two years  of  the  obtainment  of  the  subject  divorce, whichever is later.
NY Dom Rel L § 171 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 10 - Action for Divorce 171 - When Divorce Denied, Although Adultery Proved.

§ 171. When divorce denied, although adultery proved. In either of the   following  cases,  the  plaintiff is not entitled to a divorce, although   the adultery is established:1. Where the offense was committed by  the  procurement  or  with  the   connivance of the plaintiff.2.  Where the offense charged has been forgiven by the plaintiff.  The   forgiveness may be proven, either affirmatively,  or  by  the  voluntary   cohabitation of the parties with the knowledge of the fact.3.  Where  there  has  been  no  express forgiveness, and no voluntary   cohabitation of the parties, but the action  was  not  commenced  within   five years after the discovery by the plaintiff of the offense charged.4.  Where  the  plaintiff  has also been guilty of adultery under such   circumstances that the defendant would have been entitled, if  innocent,   to a divorce.
NY Dom Rel L § 172 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 10 - Action for Divorce 172 - Co-Respondent as Party.

§  172.  Co-respondent  as  party. 1. In an action brought to obtain a   divorce on the ground of adultery the plaintiff or defendant may serve a   copy of his pleading on a  co-respondent  named  therein.  At  any  time   within  twenty  days after such service, the co-respondent may appear to   defend such action so far as the issues affect him. If no  such  service   be  made,  then at any time before the entry of judgment a co-respondent   named in any of the pleadings may make a written demand on any party for   a copy of a summons and a pleading served by such party, which  must  be   served  within  ten  days  thereafter,  and he may appear to defend such   action so far as the issues affect him.2. In an action for divorce where a  co-respondent  has  appeared  and   defended,  in case no one of the allegations of adultery controverted by   such co-respondent shall be proven, such co-respondent shall be entitled   to a bill of costs against the person naming him as such  co-respondent,   which  bill of costs shall consist only of the sum now allowed by law as   a trial fee, and disbursements.
NY Dom Rel L § 173 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 10 - Action for Divorce 173 - Jury Trial.

§  173. Jury trial. In an action for divorce there is a right to trial   by jury of the issues of the grounds for granting the divorce.
NY Dom Rel L § 175 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 10 - Action for Divorce 175 - Legitimacy of Children.

§  175.  Legitimacy  of  children.  1. Where the action for divorce is   brought by the wife, the legitimacy of any child of the parties, born or   begotten before the commencement of the action, is not affected  by  the   judgment dissolving the marriage.2.  Where  the  action  for  divorce  is  brought  by the husband, the   legitimacy of a child born or begotten  before  the  commission  of  the   offense  charged  is not affected by a judgment dissolving the marriage;   but the legitimacy of any other child of the wife may be  determined  as   one  of  the  issues  in  the  action.  In  the  absence of proof to the   contrary, the  legitimacy  of  all  the  children  begotten  before  the   commencement of the action must be presumed.
NY Dom Rel L § 200 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 11 - Action for Separation 200 - Action for Separation.

§ 200. Action for separation. An action may be maintained by a husband   or  wife  against  the other party to the marriage to procure a judgment   separating the parties from bed and board, forever,  or  for  a  limited   time, for any of the following causes:1.  The  cruel and inhuman treatment of the plaintiff by the defendant   such that the conduct of the defendant  so  endangers  the  physical  or   mental  well being of the plaintiff as renders it unsafe or improper for   the plaintiff to cohabit with the defendant.2. The abandonment of the plaintiff by the defendant.3. The neglect or refusal of the defendant-spouse to provide  for  the   support of the plaintiff-spouse where the defendant-spouse is chargeable   with  such  support  under  the provisions of section thirty-two of this   chapter or of section four hundred twelve of the family court act.4. The commission of an act of adultery by the defendant; except where   such offense is committed by the procurement or with the  connivance  of   the  plaintiff  or  where there is voluntary cohabitation of the parties   with the knowledge of the offense or  where  action  was  not  commenced   within  five  years  after the discovery by the plaintiff of the offense   charged or where the plaintiff has also been guilty  of  adultery  under   such  circumstances  that  the  defendant  would  have been entitled, if   innocent, to a divorce, provided that adultery for the purposes of  this   subdivision  is  hereby  defined  as  the commission of an act of sexual   intercourse, oral sexual conduct or  anal  sexual  conduct,  voluntarily   performed by the defendant, with a person other than the plaintiff after   the  marriage  of  plaintiff and defendant. Oral sexual conduct and anal   sexual conduct include, but  are  not  limited  to,  sexual  conduct  as   defined  in  subdivision  two of section 130.00 and subdivision three of   section 130.20 of the penal law.5. The confinement of the defendant in prison for a period of three or   more consecutive years after the marriage of plaintiff and defendant.
NY Dom Rel L § 202 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 11 - Action for Separation 202 - Defense of Justification.

§  202.  Defense  of  justification.  The  defendant  in an action for   separation from  bed  and  board  may  set  up,  in  justification,  the   misconduct  of  the plaintiff; and if that defense is established to the   satisfaction of the court, the defendant is entitled to judgment.
NY Dom Rel L § 203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 11 - Action for Separation 203 - Judgment for Separation Revocable.

§  203.  Judgment for separation revocable. Upon the joint application   of  the  parties,  accompanied  with  satisfactory  evidence  of   their   reconciliation,  a  judgment for a separation, forever, or for a limited   period, rendered as prescribed in this article, may be  revoked  at  any   time  by  the  court  which rendered it, subject to such regulations and   restrictions as the court thinks fit to impose.
NY Dom Rel L § 210 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 11-A - Special Provisions Relating to Divorce and Separation 210 - Limitations on Actions for Divorce and Separation.

§  210.  Limitations  on actions for divorce and separation. No action for divorce or separation may be maintained on a ground which arose more than five years before the date of the commencement of that  action  for divorce or separation except where:  (a)  In  an  action for divorce, the grounds therefor are one of those specified in subdivision (2), (4), (5) or (6)  of  section  one  hundred seventy of this chapter, or  (b) In an action for separation, the grounds therefor are one of those specified in subdivision 2 or 4 of section two hundred of this chapter.
NY Dom Rel L § 211 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 11-A - Special Provisions Relating to Divorce and Separation 211 - Pleadings, Proof and Motions.

§  211.  Pleadings,  proof  and motions. A matrimonial action shall be   commenced by the filing of a  summons  with  the  notice  designated  in   section  two  hundred  thirty-two  of  this  chapter,  or  a summons and   verified complaint as provided in section  three  hundred  four  of  the   civil  practice  law  and  rules.  A  final judgment shall be entered by   default for want of appearance or pleading, or  by  consent,  only  upon   competent  oral  proof or upon written proof that may be considered on a   motion for summary judgment.  Where a complaint or  counterclaim  in  an   action  for  divorce or separation charges adultery, the answer or reply   thereto may  be  made  without  verifying  it,  except  that  an  answer   containing  a counterclaim must be verified as to that counterclaim. All   other pleadings in a matrimonial action shall be verified.
NY Dom Rel L § 220 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 12 - Dissolution of Marriage on Ground of Absence 220 - Special Proceeding to Dissolve Marriage on the Ground of Absence.

§  220.  Special  proceeding  to  dissolve  marriage  on the ground of   absence.  A special proceeding to dissolve a marriage on the  ground  of   absence may be maintained in either of the following cases:1.  Where  the  petitioner  is a resident of this state and has been a   resident thereof for one year immediately preceding the commencement  of   the special proceeding.2.  Where the matrimonial domicile at the time of the disappearance of   the absent spouse was within the state.
NY Dom Rel L § 221 (2021)
2021 New York Laws DOM - Domestic Relations Article 12 - Dissolution of Marriage on Ground of Absence 221 - Procedure.

§  221.  Procedure. The petition shall allege that the husband or wife   of such party has absented himself or herself for five successive  years   then  last  past  without  being known to such party to be living during   that time; that such party believes such husband or wife to be dead; and   that a diligent search has been made to discover evidence  showing  that   such husband or wife is living, and no such evidence has been found. The   court  shall  thereupon  by order require notice of the presentation and   object of such petition to be published in a newspaper  in  the  English   language  designated  in the order as most likely to give notice to such   absent husband or wife once each week for three successive  weeks;  such   notice  shall  be  directed  to  the husband or wife who has so absented   himself or herself and shall state the time and  place  of  the  hearing   upon  such  petition, which time shall be not less than forty days after   the completion of the publication of such notice; said  notice  must  be   subscribed  with  the  name  of  the petitioner and with the name of the   petitioner's attorney and with his office address,  specifying  a  place   within the state where there is a post-office. If in a city, said notice   must  also  set  forth  the  street  and  street number, if any, of such   attorney's  office  address  or  other  suitable  designation   of   the   particular locality in which said office address is located. In addition   to  the  foregoing requirements said notice must be in substantially the   following form,  the  blanks  being  properly  filled:  "Supreme  court,   ..........county.  In  the  matter  of  the  application of..........for   dissolution of his or her  marriage  with........    To................:   Take   notice   that  a  petition  has  been  presented  to  this  court   by............... , your husband or wife, for the  dissolution  of  your   marriage  on  the  ground  that  you  have  absented  yourself  for five   successive years last past without being known  to  him  or  her  to  be   living  and that he or she believes you to be dead, and that pursuant to   an order of said court, entered the ......day of ......... , 19..... , a   hearing will be had upon  said  petition  at  the  said  supreme  court,   ...........term  part...........,  in  the  ...............county  court   house, in the.......... state of New York, on the.................   day   of  .............  , 19... , at ........ o'clock in the .........  noon.   Dated............; " and if the court, after the filing of proof of  the   proper  publication  of said notice and after a hearing and proof taken,   is satisfied of the truth  of  all  the  allegations  contained  in  the   petition, it may make a final order dissolving such marriage.