(Court of Appeals of New York) - In a consolidated family law appeal,the court overruled its decision in Alison D. v. Virginia M., 77 N.
Y.2d 651 (1991), and held that an single partner who lacks a biological or adoptive connection to subject children has standing to seek visitation and custody under Domestic Relations Law section 70 by showing,clearly and convincingly, that the parties agreed to conceive a child and raise the child together.
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