Assembly Bill A3214

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows the petitioner to have counsel assigned by the court in certain custody proceedings

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A3214 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Family Court Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §262, Fam Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8706
2023-2024: A2328

2021-A3214 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the petitioner to have counsel assigned by the court in certain custody proceedings.

2021-A3214 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3214
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALSH, MIKULIN, DeSTEFANO, BLANKENBUSH, MONTESA-
   NO, B. MILLER, SMITH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GRIFFIN,  MANK-
   TELOW,  MORINELLO, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to allowing the  peti-
   tioner  to  have  counsel  assigned  by  the  court in certain custody
   proceedings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (iii) of subdivision (a) of section 262 of the
 family court act, as amended by chapter 666 of  the  laws  of  1976,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (iii)  the  PETITIONER AND THE respondent in any proceeding under part
 three of article six of this act;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05077-01-1

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