N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 75-m: Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or visitation proceedings

§ 75-m. Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or

visitation proceedings. 1. The court may not deny or decide a petition

for guardianship, custody or visitation solely on the basis that the

petitioner is blind. The blindness of the petitioner shall be considered

relevant only to the extent that the court finds, based on evidence in

the record, that the blindness affects the best interests of the child

whose guardianship, custody or visitation is the subject of the

petition.

2. As used in this section, "blind" or "blindness" means:

a. vision that is 20/200 or less in the best corrected eye; or

b. vision that subtends an angle of not greater than twenty degrees in

the best corrected eye.