Legislation
SECTION 213
Reports to administrative board, legislature and governor
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 2, PART 1
§ 213. Reports to administrative board, legislature and governor. (a)
In addition to any reports required by the administrative board of the
judicial conference under article seven-a of the judiciary law, the
administrative board shall, as soon as practicable, require the family
court in each county to include in its reports to the administrative
board and the administrative board shall include in its annual report to
the legislature information, by county, showing:
(i) the number of children temporarily removed under section one
thousand twenty-two before the filing of a petition, the number of
children temporarily removed without court order under section ten
hundred twenty-four of this act, and the period of time between such
removal and the filing of a petition;
(ii) the number of children temporarily removed under section one
thousand twenty-seven after the filing of a petition and the period of
time that passed after such removal until its termination;
(iii) the number of placements under section one thousand fifty-two by
person, agency or institution in which the placement is made, and the
number of orders extending the period of placement;
(iv) the number of children released and the number detained under
sections seven hundred twenty-eight and 307.4;
(v) the number of alleged juvenile delinquents released and the number
detained under section 320.5 and the number of alleged persons in need
of supervision released and detained under section seven hundred
thirty-nine, and the duration of the detention in both groups;
(vi) the number of adjudicated juvenile delinquents placed under
section 353.3 and the number of adjudicated persons in need of
supervision placed under section seven hundred fifty-six by person,
agency or institution in which the placement is made, and the number of
orders extending the period of placement;
(vii) the number of adjudicated juvenile delinquents put on probation
under section 353.2 and the number of adjudicated persons in need of
supervision put on probation under section seven hundred fifty-seven and
the duration of such probation;
(viii) the number, nature and disposition of cases involving child
abuse under article ten of this act, including total number of new
cases, their nature, whether heard by the child abuse part, the age and
sex of the children involved, the type of petitioner, the number of
children temporarily removed both before and after the filing of a
petition, the length of time and number of adjournments between the
filing of a petition and the fact-finding hearing, the number of cases
that are dismissed, withdrawn, sustained and admitted to, the length of
time and number of adjournments between the fact-finding hearing and the
dispositional hearing, and the final disposition of such cases.
(b) Rules of court shall as soon as practicable implement this section
by prescribing appropriate forms for reports and may require such
additional information as may be appropriate. The administrative board
of the judicial conference may request the state department of
corrections and community supervision and the state department of social
welfare to assist it in the preparation and processing of reports under
this section, and those departments, when so requested, shall render
such assistance as is possible.
In addition to any reports required by the administrative board of the
judicial conference under article seven-a of the judiciary law, the
administrative board shall, as soon as practicable, require the family
court in each county to include in its reports to the administrative
board and the administrative board shall include in its annual report to
the legislature information, by county, showing:
(i) the number of children temporarily removed under section one
thousand twenty-two before the filing of a petition, the number of
children temporarily removed without court order under section ten
hundred twenty-four of this act, and the period of time between such
removal and the filing of a petition;
(ii) the number of children temporarily removed under section one
thousand twenty-seven after the filing of a petition and the period of
time that passed after such removal until its termination;
(iii) the number of placements under section one thousand fifty-two by
person, agency or institution in which the placement is made, and the
number of orders extending the period of placement;
(iv) the number of children released and the number detained under
sections seven hundred twenty-eight and 307.4;
(v) the number of alleged juvenile delinquents released and the number
detained under section 320.5 and the number of alleged persons in need
of supervision released and detained under section seven hundred
thirty-nine, and the duration of the detention in both groups;
(vi) the number of adjudicated juvenile delinquents placed under
section 353.3 and the number of adjudicated persons in need of
supervision placed under section seven hundred fifty-six by person,
agency or institution in which the placement is made, and the number of
orders extending the period of placement;
(vii) the number of adjudicated juvenile delinquents put on probation
under section 353.2 and the number of adjudicated persons in need of
supervision put on probation under section seven hundred fifty-seven and
the duration of such probation;
(viii) the number, nature and disposition of cases involving child
abuse under article ten of this act, including total number of new
cases, their nature, whether heard by the child abuse part, the age and
sex of the children involved, the type of petitioner, the number of
children temporarily removed both before and after the filing of a
petition, the length of time and number of adjournments between the
filing of a petition and the fact-finding hearing, the number of cases
that are dismissed, withdrawn, sustained and admitted to, the length of
time and number of adjournments between the fact-finding hearing and the
dispositional hearing, and the final disposition of such cases.
(b) Rules of court shall as soon as practicable implement this section
by prescribing appropriate forms for reports and may require such
additional information as may be appropriate. The administrative board
of the judicial conference may request the state department of
corrections and community supervision and the state department of social
welfare to assist it in the preparation and processing of reports under
this section, and those departments, when so requested, shall render
such assistance as is possible.