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This went to alt.adoption
Subject: New York Adoptees
Screwed again
From: :mstegm@aol.com
Date: 04/26/2000 11:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <20000426232530.13023.00000853@ng-ch1.aol.com>
A "PRIVATE" meeting was held
in Rochester, NY in order to assist a NY Senator
with the "wording" of the below proposed bills. The Senator then made
contact
with certain groups/orgs with a draft of the bills on April 5th, 2000. His
plan was to introduce it on April 7th, 2000. Instead of sharing this
information with fellow New Yorkers, a private vote was taken by a little over
2 dozen people instead of THOUSANDS and an answer was given to the senator at
his request. Here is the original draft that was sent by the senator to one
of
the groups involved for input/opinions....which we were not suppose to know
about******Please note the WORD REVOKE.*******
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1. Allows biological parents to agree at the time of adoption to the release
of a long form birth certificate to the adoptive child, when the adoptive
child
reaches the age of majority. The biological parents may also revoke the
consent at anytime up to the 18th birthday of the child.
2. Makes technical amendments to the Adoption
Registry law. Under current
law
both birth parents must register with the voluntary Adoption Registry, if both
parents signatures were required for the adoption. This bill provides for the
death of one of the consenting biological parents. Under current law death of
one of the consenting parents forever precludes the surviving parent.
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Here are the two above drafts now in action:
Summary of Bill S07356
BILL NO S07356
SPONSOR WRIGHT
COSPNSR DEFRANCISCO, HOFFMANN, MAZIARZ, MCGEE, RATH, SEWARD, SPANO
MLTSPNSR
Amd S115-b, Dom Rel L
Gives biological parents the option to consent to the receipt, by the child
to
be adopted, of such child`s original long form birth certificate upon such
child attaining the age of eighteen years; provides that if such consent is
made, it shall be revocable by either the biological parent or parents;
provides that a copy of such statement, together with the name, birth date
and
ate of adoption of the child to be adopted, shall be forwarded to the state
adoption information registry for inclusion in the records maintained by such
registry.
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Summary of Bill S07355
BILL NO S07355
SPONSOR WRIGHT
COSPNSR DEFRANCISCO, HOFFMANN, MARCHI, MAZIARZ, MCGEE, RATH, SALAND,
SEWARD,
SKELOS, SPANO, TRUNZO
MLTSPNSR
Amd SS4138-c & 4138-d, Pub Health L
Relates to process for registration of a surviving parent in the state
maintained adoption registry; permits registration of one parent whose
signature for adoption was required where the other parent is deceased;
requires health department to search records to determine if other parent was
deceased in this state.
These can also be found at:
"New
York Bill VOTES"
Assembly
BILL VOTES
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This should have been a full blown ALERT
to give us a chance or at least to
give our input of these HORRID drafts, not to mention the actions of the
Senator. How often does this behavior occur? Since we are tax paying
citizens
keeping *certain* organizations in existence, I dare say we have every damn
right to know what legislative activity they are up to especially when it
comes
to opening our records and OUR LIVES. Instead of "educating" the public
about
future adoptions, lets not forget the adoptees of YESTERDAY. I suggest at
the
next meeting that is held in a 4 or 5 star hotel sipping fine champagne, they
may want to discuss "security leak" measures. In the mean time, I
would like
to know what organization is going to step up and challenge these bills on our
behalf, & when it will take place. Isn't this considered a violation of
conduct by the senator??
Mary Frances
MStegm@aol.com
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