{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "drl", "section": "111-D", "citation": "DRL § 111-D", "heading": "Consideration of blindness during adoption proceedings", "text": ["§ 111-d. Consideration of blindness during adoption proceedings. 1. The court may not deny or decide a petition for adoption 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 adoption 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."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/DOM/111-D", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "- **(1)** A court **may not deny or decide an adoption petition solely because the petitioner is blind**. Blindness matters only if record evidence shows that it affects **the child’s best interests**. ★\n- **(2)** Here, blindness means corrected vision of **20/200 or less in the better eye**, or vision subtending an angle of **no more than 20 degrees in the better eye**.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/drl/111-d", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}