New York S 4101: Provides counsel appointed in the supreme court or surrogate's court for certain family matters shall be compensated in the same manner as certain law guardians

Status: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 4101

Sponsors: Kevin S. Parker

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S04101 Summary:

BILL NOS04101 

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Provides counsel appointed in the supreme court or surrogate's court for certain family matters shall be compensated in the same manner as law guardians in the family court of this state.

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BILL NOS04101 

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4101

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the fee rates for
 counsel appointed in the supreme court or surrogate's court for
 certain family matters

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 35 of the judiciary law, as
 2 amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 7. Whenever the supreme court or a surrogate's court shall appoint
 5 counsel in a proceeding over which the family court might have exercised
 6 jurisdiction had such action or proceeding been commenced in family
 7 court or referred thereto pursuant to law, and under circumstances
 8 whereby, if such proceeding were pending in family court, such court
 9 would be authorized by section two hundred forty-nine of the family
 10 court act to appoint an attorney for the child, such counsel shall be
 11 compensated [in accordance with the provisions of this section] and
 12 allowed expenses and disbursements in the same amounts as established by
 13 section two hundred forty-five of the family court act.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to appli-
 15 cations or proceedings pending on or after its effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05227-01-5

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