A 5489 New York Assembly · 2017 Regular Session

Modifies exemption from determination of prima facie evidence of neglect where parent engages in substance abuse or substantial manifestation of irrationality

Summary
Modifies the existing exemption from requiring a determination of what constitutes prima facie evidence of neglect where a parent or guardian engages in substance abuse or substantial manifestation of irrationality but is voluntarily and regularly participating in a recognized rehabilitative program so as to require the parent or guardian to have voluntarily participated in and to have successfully completed such a program and to have been verifiably rehabilitated for an uninterrupted period of one year immediately prior to the hearing date, before such exemption applies.
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Feb 2017
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Introduced Feb 9, 2017 Last action Jan 3, 2018
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Jan 3, 2018
Assembly · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Feb 9, 2017
Assembly · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
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David Weprin
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