N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 74: Certain provisions relating to the custody of children by persons who are not the parents of such children

§ 74. Certain provisions relating to the custody of children by

persons who are not the parents of such children. 1. Notwithstanding any

provision of law to the contrary, a person possessing a lawful order of

guardianship or custody of a minor child, who is not the parent of such

child, may enroll such child in public school in the applicable school

district where he or she and such child reside. Upon application for

enrollment of a minor child by a guardian or custodian who is not the

parent of such child, a public school shall enroll such child for such

time as the child resides with the guardian or custodian in the

applicable school district, upon verification that the guardian or

custodian possess a lawful order of custody for such child and that the

guardian or custodian and the child properly reside in the same

household within the school district.

2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, persons

possessing a lawful order of custody of a child who are not a parent of

such child shall have the right to enroll and receive coverage for such

child in their employer based health insurance plan and to assert the

same legal rights under such employer based health insurance plans as

persons who possess lawful orders of guardianship of the person for a

child pursuant to rule twelve hundred ten of the civil practice laws and

rules, article seventeen of the surrogate's court procedure act, or part

four of article six of the family court act.