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A08272 Summary:

BILL NOA08272 

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SPONSORDavila

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Amd Art 2 Part 6 Part Head, §§261, 262 & 1094, add §1016-a, Fam Ct Act; amd §422, Soc Serv L

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Provides access to representation for adults in child protective proceedings of the family court who are financially eligible as determined by the chief administrator of the courts; provides access by attorneys for adults and children to records of the statewide registry of child abuse and maltreatment.

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BILL NOA08272 

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05/07/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8272

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DAVILA -- (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, in relation to representation of
 adults and children in family court proceedings; and to amend the
 social services law, in relation to access by attorneys for adults and
 children to records of the statewide registry of child abuse and
 maltreatment

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

 1 Section 1. The part heading of part 6 of article 2 and section 261 of
 2 the family court act, as added by chapter 682 of the laws of 1975, are
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 COUNSEL FOR [INDIGENT] ADULTS IN
 5 FAMILY COURT PROCEEDINGS WHO ARE FINANCIALLY UNABLE TO OBTAIN
 6 COUNSEL

 7 § 261. Legislative findings and purpose. Persons involved in certain
 8 family court proceedings may face the infringements of fundamental
 9 interests and rights, including the loss of a child's society and the
 10 possibility of criminal charges, and therefore have a constitutional
 11 right to counsel in such proceedings. Counsel is often indispensable to
 12 a practical realization of due process of law and [may be helpful to] in
 13 helping the court [in making] to make reasoned determinations of fact
 14 and proper orders of disposition. The purpose of this part is to provide
 15 a means for implementing the right to assigned counsel for [indigent
 16 persons] adults in proceedings under this act who are financially unable
 17 to obtain counsel.
 18 § 2. The section heading and subdivision (c) of section 262 of the
 19 family court act, as added by chapter 682 of the laws of 1975, are
 20 amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 Assignment of counsel for [indigent] persons who are financially
 2 unable to obtain counsel.
 3 (c) Implementation. (i) Any order for the assignment of counsel issued
 4 under this part shall be implemented as provided in article eighteen-B
 5 of the county law.
 6 (ii) The determination of whether persons are financially eligible for
 7 assignment of counsel under this part shall be made in accordance with
 8 rules promulgated by the chief administrator of the courts.
 9 (iii) Where representation is provided to an eligible adult prior to
 10 the filing of a petition under article ten or ten-A of this act or to a
 11 parent, caretaker or interested adult prior to the filing of a petition
 12 under article ten-C of this act, such representation shall be eligible
 13 for compensation under paragraph (i) of this subdivision.
 14 § 3. The family court act is amended by adding a new section 1016-a to
 15 read as follows:
 16 § 1016-a. Representation for adults subject to a child protective
 17 services investigation and/or child protective proceeding. (a) An adult
 18 who is the subject of a child protective services investigation has the
 19 right to counsel prior to the initiation of any court proceeding. If
 20 such a person appears in court without counsel at the first appearance
 21 for any matter under this article, the court, at the outset of the
 22 proceeding, shall inform the person of the r