Establishes confirmatory adoptions allowing adoption and parentage judgements for a child with more than two parents; recognizes functional parents.
New York S00465 amends the domestic relations law and family court act to establish confirmatory adoptions, allowing courts to recognize more than two parents for a child. It defines "confirmatory adoption" as an adoption by an existing legal parent. The bill allows "de facto parents" to petition for a judgment of parentage if they meet certain criteria, such as residing with the child for at least a year and engaging in consistent caretaking.
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