Assembly Bill A2328

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A2328 (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
2021-2022: A3214

2023-A2328 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A2328 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2328
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WALSH, MIKULIN, DeSTEFANO, BLANKENBUSH, MILLER,
   SMITH, DURSO, GALLAHAN -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  ANGELINO,
   MANKTELOW, 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.
                                                            LBD02671-01-3

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