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Assembly Bill A573

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows the petitioner to have counsel assigned by the court in certain custody proceedings

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2025-A573 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §262, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8706
2021-2022: A3214
2023-2024: A2328

2025-A573 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the petitioner to have counsel assigned by the court in certain custody proceedings.

2025-A573 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    573
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WALSH, MIKULIN, DeSTEFANO, BLANKENBUSH, MILLER,
   SMITH, DURSO, GALLAHAN -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  ANGELINO,
   MANKTELOW, MORINELLO, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary

 AN  ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to allowing the peti-
   tioner to have counsel  assigned  by  the  court  in  certain  custody
   proceedings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (iii) of subdivision (a) of section  262  of  the
 family  court  act,  as  amended  by chapter 666 of the laws of 1976, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (iii) the PETITIONER AND THE respondent in any proceeding  under  part
 three of article six of this act;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02787-01-5

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