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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7679
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 21, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Children and Families
 
        AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to permanency hearings
          for youth in foster care
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subparagraphs  (i) and (ii) of paragraph 1 of subdivision
     2  (b) of section 1089 of the family court act, subparagraph (i) as amended
     3  by chapter 437 of the laws of 2006,  subparagraph  (ii)  as  amended  by
     4  chapter 41 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a new subparagraph (iii)
     5  is added to read as follows:
     6    (i)  the  child's  parent, including any non-respondent parent, unless
     7  the parental rights of the parent have been  terminated  or  surrendered
     8  and  any  other  person  legally responsible for the child's care at the
     9  most recent address or addresses known  to  the  local  social  services
    10  district  or  agency,  and  the  foster  parent  in whose home the child
    11  currently resides, each of whom shall be  a  party  to  the  proceeding;
    12  [and]
    13    (ii)  the  agency  supervising  the care of the child on behalf of the
    14  social services district with whom the child  was  placed,  the  child's
    15  attorney, and the attorney for the respondent parent[.]; and
    16    (iii)  if  the child is age ten or older, the notice of the permanency
    17  hearing shall also be provided to the child. The child has a right to be
    18  present at the hearing, except upon a waiver of that right after consul-
    19  tation with the attorney for the  child.  Upon  an  application  by  the
    20  attorney  for  the  child, the court shall grant an adjournment whenever
    21  necessary to protect the child's right to  meaningfully  participate  in
    22  the hearing.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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