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Assembly Bill A3789

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that child in foster care freed for adoption from an authorized agency shall continue to be represented by an attorney until adoption

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2015-A3789 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §249, Fam Ct Act; amd §112, Dom Rel L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1390
2011-2012: A4842
2013-2014: A4060

2015-A3789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a child in foster care who is freed for adoption from an authorized agency shall continue to be represented by an attorney until such child is adopted.

2015-A3789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3789

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. WRIGHT, TITUS, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. AUBRY, PERRY, RIVERA, TITONE -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the family court act and the domestic relations law,  in
  relation  to the appointment of law guardians for certain children who
  are freed for adoption

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

  Section  1. Subdivision (a) of section 249 of the family court act, as
amended by chapter 3 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  (a) In a proceeding under article three, seven, ten, ten-A or ten-C of
this act OR UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW WHERE  THE
ADOPTION  IS  FROM AN AUTHORIZED AGENCY UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN
SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS
LAW, or where a revocation of  an  adoption  consent  is  opposed  under
section  one  hundred  fifteen-b of the domestic relations law or in any
proceeding under section  three  hundred  fifty-eight-a,  three  hundred
eighty-three-c, three hundred eighty-four or three hundred eighty-four-b
of  the  social  services  law or when a minor is sought to be placed in
protective custody under section one hundred fifty-eight of this act  or
in  any  proceeding  where  a minor is detained under or governed by the
interstate compact for juveniles established pursuant  to  section  five
hundred  one-e  of  the executive law, the family court shall appoint an
attorney to represent a minor who is the subject of  the  proceeding  or
who  is  sought to be placed in protective custody, if independent legal
representation is not available to such  minor.  In  any  proceeding  to
extend  or  continue the placement of a juvenile delinquent or person in
need of supervision pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-six or 353.3
of this act or any proceeding to extend or continue a commitment to  the
custody  of  the  commissioner  of  mental health or the commissioner of
people with developmental disabilities pursuant to section 322.2 of this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05285-01-5

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