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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8407
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- (at request of the Unified Court
System) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to records checks in
family offense cases involving custody of, or access to, children; and
to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The first undesignated paragraph of section 842 of the
family court act, as amended by chapter 335 of the laws of 2019, is
amended to read as follows:
The court may also award custody of the child, during the term of the
order of protection to either parent, or to an appropriate relative
within the second degree. PRIOR TO AWARDING CUSTODY PURSUANT TO THIS
PARAGRAPH, THE COURT SHALL DIRECT A REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX
HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS ACT OF THE REPORTS OF THE SEX OFFENDER REGIS-
TRY ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-
EIGHT-B OF THE CORRECTION LAW, REPORTS OF THE STATEWIDE COMPUTERIZED
REGISTRY OF ORDERS OF PROTECTION ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO
SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, RELATED DECISIONS
IN COURT PROCEEDINGS CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TEN OF THIS ACT, AND
ALL WARRANTS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT. Nothing in this section gives
the court power to place or board out any child or to commit a child to
an institution or agency.
§ 2. The eighth undesignated paragraph of section 842 of the family
court act is REPEALED.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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