Bill Text: NY A03289 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the scheduling of a fact finding hearing after the issuance of a temporary order of protection in family court; provides that such hearing shall be scheduled no later than 14 days after the temporary order is issued.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to judiciary [A03289 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03289-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3289

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 22, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. WALSH, DeSTEFANO, MONTESANO, BLANKENBUSH, MORI-
          NELLO, B. MILLER, McDONOUGH, M. MILLER,  J. M. GIGLIO  --  Multi-Spon-
          sored  by  --  M.  of  A.    PALMESANO,  SALKA, TAGUE -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to the scheduling of a
          fact finding hearing after  the  issuance  of  a  temporary  order  of
          protection in family court

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 828 of the  family  court  act  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
     3    (c)  Upon  issuing  a  temporary  order of protection, the court shall
     4  schedule a first appearance for purposes of a fact-finding  hearing  not
     5  later  than  fourteen  days  after  the temporary order of protection is
     6  issued. If no hearing has been scheduled within  fourteen  days  of  the
     7  issuance  of  the  temporary order of protection, the temporary order of
     8  protection issued pursuant to this  section  shall  be  deemed  to  have
     9  expired and no longer be in effect.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05079-01-1