Bill Text: NY A08439 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8439 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to limited scope appearances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to judiciary [A08439 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08439-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8439

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 8, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to limited
          scope appearances

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

     1    Section 1. Section 321 of the civil practice law and rules is  amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d) Limited scope appearance. 1. An attorney may appear on behalf of a
     4  party in a civil action or proceeding for limited purposes.  Whenever an
     5  attorney appears for limited purposes, a notice of limited scope appear-
     6  ance  shall be filed in addition to any self-represented appearance that
     7  the party may have already filed with the court. The notice  of  limited
     8  scope  appearance  shall  be signed by the attorney entering the limited
     9  scope appearance and shall define the purposes for which the attorney is
    10  appearing. Upon such filing, and unless otherwise directed by the court,
    11  the attorney shall be entitled to appear for the defined purposes.
    12    2. Unless otherwise directed by the court upon a finding  of  extraor-
    13  dinary  circumstances  and  for good cause shown, upon completion of the
    14  purposes for which the attorney has filed a  limited  scope  appearance,
    15  the  attorney shall file a notice of completion of limited scope appear-
    16  ance which shall constitute the attorney's withdrawal from the action or
    17  proceeding.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11719-01-9