New York

• Senate Bill 4837 Requires judges or justices in a court that exercises criminal jurisdiction, including town and village justices, family court judges, and justices of the supreme court who regularly handle matrimonial matters, and court clerks of such courts to attend a program approved by the chief administrator of the courts addressing issues relating to domestic violence totaling at least ten hours every two years.Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
  Status: Introduced on February 16 2021 - 25% progression
  Action: 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
  Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
  

Bill text:To educate judges about the  harm  courts  may  cause victims by separating children from their primary attachment figure, failing to  prioritize  the  safety  of children  and  non-offending  parents,  seeking to award custody to both parents despite the presence of domestic violence  or  child  abuse,  or relying on faulty assumptions regarding domestic violence that have been rejected  by  reputable  professional  organizations,  such  as, but not limited to: (i) the assumption that women or  children  frequently  make false  allegations of abuse, (ii) the assumption that a parent's efforts to protect a child from abuse by another parent is evidence  of  unwillingness or inability to cooperate with that parent, (iii) the assumption that  one parent alienates a child from the other parent due to a pathological medical syndrome, and (iv) in cases involving domestic  violence or  child abuse, the assumption that one parent can and should support a child's relationship with the other parent.

• Assembly Bill 5398

Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs presumptions that may be made by the court and admissibility of certain evidence in such cases; requires court officials to take part in training to handle such cases regarding domestic violence and child abuse.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-17)
Status: Introduced on February 16 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2022-01-05 - referred to judiciary
Pending: Assembly Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Bill text: education regarding the harm courts may cause  children  in  child custody cases where domestic violence or child abuse is present by rely-ing  on  non-scientific  theories  such as parental alienation, parental alienation syndrome, the friendly parent concept, or any other theory or label that is not supported by scientific  research  and  not  generally accepted by the scientific community. (The bill is long long. It should be read in its entirty since it contains many other problematic statements).

• SB7425

Requires the court to consider a child's health and safety when making a decision regarding child custody and visitation; directs presumptions that may be made by the court and admissibility of certain evidence in such cases; requires court officials to take part in training to handle such cases regarding domestic violence and child abuse.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on October 8 2021 - 25% progression
Action: 2022-01-07 - REFERENCE CHANGED TO JUDICIARY
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Bill text: education regarding the harm courts may cause  children  in  child custody cases where domestic violence or child abuse is present by rely-ing  on  non-scientific  theories  such as parental alienation, parental alienation syndrome, the friendly parent concept, or any other theory or label that is not supported by scientific  research  and  not  generally accepted by the scientific community. (The bill is long long. It should be read in its entirty since it contains many other problematic statements).