Bill Text: NY S07586 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to warrants and orders of protection in persons in need of supervision cases in family court.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-05 - REFERRED TO RULES [S07586 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S07586-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7586 I N S E N A T E June 5, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- (at request of the Office of Court Admin- istration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to warrants and orders of protection in persons in need of supervision cases in family court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (ii) of subdivision (g) and subdivision (h) of 2 section 735 of the family court act, as added by section 7 of part E of 3 chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, are amended and a new paragraph (iii) of 4 subdivision (g) is added to read as follows: 5 (ii) [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, 6 THE clerk of the court shall accept a petition for filing only if it has 7 attached thereto the following NOTICES: 8 (A) if the potential petitioner is the parent or other person legally 9 responsible for the youth, a notice from the designated lead agency 10 indicating THAT there is no bar to the filing of the petition as the 11 potential petitioner consented to and actively participated in diversion 12 services; and 13 (B) a notice from the designated lead agency stating that it has 14 terminated diversion services because it has determined that there is no 15 substantial likelihood that the youth and his or her family will benefit 16 from further attempts, and that the case has not been successfully 17 diverted. 18 (III) THE CLERK OF THE COURT SHALL ACCEPT A PETITION FOR FILING IF: 19 (A) THE POTENTIAL PETITIONER IS REQUESTING THAT THE COURT ISSUE A 20 WARRANT PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS PART, 21 BECAUSE THE RESPONDENT HAS ABSCONDED FROM THE HOME AND IS UNABLE TO BE 22 LOCATED, DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF THE POTENTIAL PETITIONER; OR 23 (B) THE POTENTIAL PETITIONER IS REQUESTING THAT THE COURT ISSUE A 24 TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION, PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY 25 OF THIS PART, BECAUSE THE RESPONDENT POSES AN IMMINENT RISK OF HARM TO 26 THE POTENTIAL PETITIONER OR MEMBERS OF HIS OR HER HOUSEHOLD. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15858-01-2 S. 7586 2 1 (h) No statement made to the designated lead agency or to any agency 2 or organization to which the potential respondent HAS BEEN REFERRED, 3 prior to the filing of the petition, or if the petition has been filed, 4 prior to the time the respondent has been notified that attempts at 5 diversion will not be made or have been terminated, or prior to the 6 commencement of a fact-finding hearing if attempts at diversion have not 7 terminated previously, may be admitted into evidence at a fact-finding 8 hearing or, if the proceeding is transferred to a criminal court, at any 9 time prior to a conviction. 10 S 2. Subdivision (b) of section 742 of the family court act, as 11 amended by section 9 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is 12 amended to read as follows: 13 (b) At the initial appearance of the respondent, the court shall 14 review any termination of diversion services pursuant to such section, 15 and the documentation of diligent attempts to provide appropriate 16 services and determine whether such efforts or services provided are 17 sufficient [and may,]. THE COURT MAY, AT ANY TIME, subject to the 18 provisions of section seven hundred forty-eight of this article, order 19 that additional diversion attempts be undertaken by the designated lead 20 agency. The court may order the youth and the parent or other person 21 legally responsible for the youth to participate in diversion services. 22 AT THE INITIAL APPEARANCE OF THE RESPONDENT ON A PETITION FILED IN 23 ACCORDANCE WITH SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF PARAGRAPH (III) OF SUBDIVISION (G) 24 OF SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE COURT SHALL 25 REFER THE RESPONDENT AND PARENT TO THE DESIGNATED LEAD AGENCY FOR DIVER- 26 SION ATTEMPTS, UNLESS THE COURT DETERMINES THAT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL 27 LIKELIHOOD THAT THE CHILD WOULD ABSCOND OR THERE IS NO SUBSTANTIAL LIKE- 28 LIHOOD THAT THE YOUTH AND HIS OR HER FAMILY WOULD BENEFIT FROM DIVERSION 29 ATTEMPTS. AT THE INITIAL APPEARANCE OF THE RESPONDENT ON A PETITION 30 FILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBPARAGRAPH (B) OF PARAGRAPH (III) OF SUBDIVI- 31 SION (G) OF SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE COURT 32 SHALL REFER THE RESPONDENT AND PARENT TO THE DESIGNATED LEAD AGENCY FOR 33 DIVERSION ATTEMPTS, UNLESS THE COURT DETERMINES THAT THE CHILD CONTINUES 34 TO POSE AN IMMINENT RISK TO THE PETITIONER OR A MEMBER OF HIS OR HER 35 FAMILY WOULD BENEFIT FROM DIVERSION ATTEMPTS. If the designated lead 36 agency thereafter determines that [the] A case REFERRED FOR DIVERSION 37 EFFORTS UNDER THIS SECTION has been successfully resolved, it shall so 38 notify the court, and the court shall dismiss the petition. 39 S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 40 have become a law.