§ 74. Certain provisions relating to the custody of children by\npersons who are not the parents of such children. 1. Notwithstanding any\nprovision of law to the contrary, a person possessing a lawful order of\nguardianship or custody of a minor child, who is not the parent of such\nchild, may enroll such child in public school in the applicable school\ndistrict where he or she and such child reside. Upon application for\nenrollment of a minor child by a guardian or custodian who is not the\nparent of such child, a public school shall enroll such child for such\ntime as the child resides with the guardian or custodian in the\napplicable school district, upon verification that the guardian or\ncustodian possess a lawful order of custody for such child and that the\nguardian or custodian and the child properly reside in the same\nhousehold within the school district.\n 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, persons\npossessing a lawful order of custody of a child who are not a parent of\nsuch child shall have the right to enroll and receive coverage for such\nchild in their employer based health insurance plan and to assert the\nsame legal rights under such employer based health insurance plans as\npersons who possess lawful orders of guardianship of the person for a\nchild pursuant to rule twelve hundred ten of the civil practice laws and\nrules, article seventeen of the surrogate's court procedure act, or part\nfour of article six of the family court act.\n
‹ Prev All New York sections Next ›
Lexace provides legal information, not legal advice, and no attorney–client relationship is created. Statute text is provided for general information and may not reflect the most recent amendments; verify against the official state code.