Assembly Bill A4703

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Outlines instances in which a court may exclude a child from family court hearings

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A4703 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1043, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2305
2013-2014: A2212

2011-A4703 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that family court may not exclude from child protective proceedings (abuse and neglect) under article 10 of the family court act, a child who is the subject of the hearing and who has expressed an interest in attending except upon a finding that attendance by the child would be detrimental to the child's emotional health.

2011-A4703 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4703

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 7, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  GLICK,  MAYERSOHN  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Chil-
  dren and Families

AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to the  attendance  of
  children at hearings in family court

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 1043 of the family court act, as amended by chapter
682 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
  S  1043.  Hearings not open to the public. The general public  may  be
excluded  from  any hearing under this article and only such persons and
the representatives of authorized agencies admitted thereto as  have  an
interest in the case. WHERE A CHILD WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE PROCEEDING
HAS  EXPRESSED  AN INTEREST IN ATTENDING, THE COURT MAY NOT EXCLUDE SUCH
CHILD FROM ANY HEARING UNDER THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT UPON A  FINDING  THAT,
UNDER  THE PARTICULAR FACTS OF THE CASE, ATTENDANCE AT THE HEARING WOULD
BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CHILD'S EMOTIONAL HEALTH.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08889-01-1

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