Relates to what qualifies as an applicable, timely and relevant issue for no fault separation, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to  what  quali-
   fies as an applicable, timely and relevant economic issue for no fault
   separation
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 200 of the domestic relations law,
 as added by a  chapter  of  the  laws  of  2025  amending  the  domestic
 relations  law relating to allowing for no fault separation, as proposed
 in legislative bills numbers S. 1261-A and A. 3392-A, is amended to read
 as follows:
   6. The relationship between the spouses has broken down  irretrievably
 for  a  period  of  at  least six months, provided that one party has so
 stated under oath. No [action] JUDGMENT for separation shall  be  [main-
 tained] GRANTED under this subdivision unless and until [the] ANY APPLI-
 CABLE,  TIMELY  AND RELEVANT economic issues [of], WHICH MAY INCLUDE the
 payment or waiver of spousal support, the payment of child support,  the
 payment of counsel and experts' fees and expenses as well as the custody
 and  visitation  with  the  infant  children  of the marriage, have been
 resolved by the parties, or determined by  the  court  and  incorporated
 into the action.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the domestic  relations
 law  relating to allowing for no fault separation, as proposed in legis-
 lative bills numbers S. 1261-A and A. 3392-A, takes effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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