Senate Bill S4101

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary 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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2025-S4101 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §35, Judy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5494
2015-2016: S2638
2017-2018: S2226
2019-2020: S5012
2021-2022: S5393
2023-2024: S6843

2025-S4101 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-S4101 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4101 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4101
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             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:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  35  of the judiciary law, as
 amended by chapter 41 of the  laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   7.  Whenever  the  supreme  court or a surrogate's court shall appoint
 counsel in a proceeding over which the family court might have exercised
 jurisdiction had such action or  proceeding  been  commenced  in  family
 court  or  referred  thereto  pursuant  to  law, and under circumstances
 whereby, if such proceeding were pending in  family  court,  such  court
 would  be  authorized  by  section  two hundred forty-nine of the family
 court act to appoint an attorney for the child, such  counsel  shall  be
 compensated  [in  accordance  with  the  provisions of this section] AND
 ALLOWED EXPENSES AND DISBURSEMENTS IN THE SAME AMOUNTS AS ESTABLISHED BY
 SECTION TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to  appli-
 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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