PRACTICE MANUAL FOR LAW GUARDIANS IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

• NCJ Number: 37931
• Author(s): J S DICK; D J LANSNER; I M ROSENBERG
• Editor(s): M R GALE
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 267 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Legal Aid Soc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A REFERENCE TOOL FOR TRIAL LAWYERS REPRESENTING CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY COURT, THIS MANUAL PRESENTS PROVISIONS OF THE 1962 FAMILY COURT ACT AND PERTINENT CASE LAW AND DISCUSSES THEIR EFFECTS ON ACTUAL COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Abstract

THIS LOOSELEAF MANUAL COVERS THE FOLLOWING AREAS: IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PROCEEDINGS: FACT-FINDING HEARINGS; PINS (PERSONS IN NEED OF SUPERVISION) PROCEEDINGS AND FACT-FINDING; AND DISPOSITIONAL HEARINGS IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND PINS PROCEEDINGS. OTHER TOPICS CONSIDERED ARE POST-DISPOSITION PROCEEDINGS IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND PINS CASES, CHILD PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS, MOTION PRACTICE UNDER SECTION 255 OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT, AND APPEALS, INTERIM APPELLATE REMEDIES, AND COLLATERAL REMEDIES. APPENDED MATERIALS INCLUDE DATA ON STANDARDS OF PROOF IN SUPPRESSION HEARINGS, PRELIMINARY ORDERS IN CHILD PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS, AND THE TEXT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES REGARDING THE FILING OF PINS PETITIONS. CASE AND STATUTE TABLES ARE PROVIDED.