New York Family Court Act Law
Family Court
New York · New York Family Court Act Law · Status: effective · Effective 2020-04-17
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- New York Family Court Act Law, Family Court, New York, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1106544
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CHAPTER 686
AN ACT to establish a family court for the state of New York to
implement article six of the constitution of the state of New
York, approved by the people on the seventh day of November,
nineteen hundred sixty-one
Became a law April 24, 1962, with the approval of the Governor.
Passed, by a majority vote, three-fifths being present.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:
Article 1. Family court established.
2. Administration, medical examinations, law guardians,
auxiliary services.
3. Juvenile Delinquency.
4. Support proceedings.
5. Paternity proceedings.
5-A. Special provisions relating to enforcement of support and
establishment of paternity.
5-B. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
5-C. Judgments of parentage of children conceived through
assisted reproduction or pursuant to surrogacy
agreements.
6. Permanent termination of parental rights, adoption,
guardianship and custody.
7. Proceedings concerning whether a person is in need of
supervision.
8. Family offenses proceedings.
9. Conciliation proceedings.
10. Child protective proceedings.
10-A. Permanency hearings for children placed out of their homes.
10-B. Former foster care youth re-entry proceedings.
10-C. Destitute children.
11. Appeals.
12. Separability.