New York A 11405: Relates to dependent children before the family court; repealer

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A11405 Summary:

BILL NOA11405 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRules (Hevesi)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§115, 262, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095 & 1096, Art 10-C Art Head, Fam Ct Act; rpld §371 sub 7, amd Soc Serv
L, generally; amd §§523-b, 532-d & 747, Exec L; amd §§2570 & 2571, Pub Health L; amd §404, N-PC L; amd
§405-a, BC L

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Modernizes provisions relating to dependent children; removes the term destitute.

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BILL NOA11405 

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05/15/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 11405

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 15, 2026
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
 (at request of the Unified Court System) -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the family court act, the social services law, the exec-
 utive law, the public health law, the not-for-profit corporations law
 and the business corporations law, in relation to dependent children
 before the family court; and to repeal certain provisions of the
 social services law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (c) of section 115 of the family court act, as
 2 amended by chapter 568 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (c) The family court has such other jurisdiction as is provided by
 5 law, including but not limited to: proceedings concerning adoption and
 6 custody of children, as set forth in parts two and three of article six
 7 of this act; proceedings concerning the uniform interstate family
 8 support act, as set forth in article five-B of this act; proceedings
 9 concerning children in foster care and care and custody of children, as
 10 set forth in sections three hundred fifty-eight-a and three hundred
 11 eighty-four-a of the social services law and article ten-A of this act;
 12 proceedings concerning former foster children as set forth in article
 13 ten-B of this act; proceedings concerning [destitute] dependent chil-
 14 dren, as set forth in article ten-C of this act; proceedings concerning
 15 guardianship and custody of children by reason of the death of, or aban-
 16 donment or surrender by, the parent or parents, as set forth in sections
 17 three hundred eighty-three-c, three hundred eighty-four and paragraphs
 18 (a) and (b) of subdivision four of section three hundred eighty-four-b
 19 of the social services law; proceedings concerning standby guardianship
 20 and guardianship of the person as set forth in part four of article six
 21 of this act and article seventeen of the surrogate's court procedure
 22 act; proceedings concerning the interstate compact on juveniles as set
 23 forth in chapter one hundred fifty-five of the laws of nineteen hundred
 24 fifty-five, as amended; proceedings concerning the interstate compact on

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14967-01-6

 A. 11405 2

 1 the placement of children, as set forth in section three hundred seven-
 2 ty-four-a of the social services law; proceedings concerning the uniform
 3 child custody jurisdiction and enforcement act, as set forth in article
 4 five-A of the domestic relations law; and proceedings concerning the
 5 change of the name of a child as set forth in section sixty of the civil
 6 rights law.
 7 § 2. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (ix) of subdivision (a) of section
 8 262 of the family court act, as added by chapter 3 of the laws of 2012,
 9 is amended to read as follows:
 10 (2) an interested adult as such term is defined in section one thou-
 11 sand ninety-two of this act provided that:
 12 (A) the child alleged to be [destitute] dependent in the proceeding
 13 held pursuant to article ten-C of this act was removed from the care of
 14 such interested adult;
 15 (B) the child alleged to be [destitute] dependent in the proceeding
 16 held pursuant to article ten-C of this act resides with the