S7920 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Allows the court to enter an order regarding a destitute minor freeing the child for adoption and granting guardianship and custody to the commissioner of social services for the purposes of consenting to an adoption; authorizes certain commissioners of public welfare and city public welfare officers to consent to such adoptions.
- Title
- Relates to dispositional alternatives for children placed with local social services agencies as destitute minors
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Children And Families
- Introduced
- 2025-05-14
- Law section
- Family Court Act
Sponsors
- Roxanne J. Persaud State Senator, District 19
Co-sponsors
- Zellnor Myrie State Senator, District 20
Heard in committee
- Children And Families NY State Senate committee