76-A – Actions Involving Public Petition and Participation; When Actual Malice to Be Proven.
§ 76-a. Actions involving public petition and participation; when actual malice to be proven. 1. For purposes of this section: (a) An “action involving public petition and participation” is a claim based upon: (1) any communication in a place open to the public or a public forum in connection with an issue of public interest; […]
77 – Special Damages in Action for Slander of a Woman.
§ 77. Special damages in action for slander of a woman. In an action of slander of a woman imputing unchastity to her, it is not necessary to allege or prove special damages.
78 – Mitigating Circumstances in Action for Libel or Slander.
§ 78. Mitigating circumstances in action for libel or slander. In an action for libel or slander the defendant may prove mitigating circumstances, including the sources of his information and the grounds for his belief, whether or not he has pleaded or attempted to prove any defense. A defendant in default for want of an […]
79 – Forfeiture of Office and Suspension of Civil Rights.
§ 79. Forfeiture of office and suspension of civil rights. 1. Except as provided in subdivision two a sentence of imprisonment in a state correctional institution for any term less than for life or a sentence of imprisonment in a state correctional institution for an indeterminate term, having a minimum of one day and a […]
79-A – Consequence of Sentence to Imprisonment for Life.
§ 79-a. Consequence of sentence to imprisonment for life. 1. Except as provided in subdivisions two and three, a person sentenced to imprisonment for life is thereafter deemed civilly dead; provided, that such a person may marry while on community supervision, or after he or she has been discharged from community supervision, if otherwise capable […]
64 – Effect.
§ 64. Effect. 1. If the order is entered, the petitioner shall be known by the name which is thereby authorized to be assumed. If the surname of a parent be changed as provided in this article, any minor child of such parent at the time of such change may thereafter assume such changed surname. […]
64-A – Sealing Name Change Papers.
§ 64-a. Sealing name change papers. 1. If the court shall find that open record of an applicant’s change of name would jeopardize such applicant’s personal safety, based on totality of the circumstances, the court shall, at the request of the applicant or sua sponte, order the records of such change of name proceeding be […]
65 – Optional Change of Name Upon Marriage, Divorce or Annulment.
§ 65. Optional change of name upon marriage, divorce or annulment. 1. Any person may, upon marriage, elect to assume a new name according to the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section fifteen of the domestic relations law. 2. Any person may, upon divorce or annulment, elect to resume the use of […]
67 – Petition for Change of Sex Designation.
§ 67. Petition for change of sex designation. 1. A petition for leave to change sex designation may be made by a resident of the state to the county court of the county or the supreme court in the county in which such resident resides, or, if such resident resides in the city of New […]
67-A – Order.
§ 67-a. Order. If the court to which the petition is presented is satisfied thereby, or by the affidavit and certificate presented therewith, that the petition is true, and that there is no reasonable objection to the change of sex designation proposed, and if the petition is to change the sex designation of an infant, […]