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A04354 Summary:

BILL NO	A04354
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Quart
COSPNSR	Peoples-Stokes
MLTSPNSR
Add §658, Fam Ct Act
Establishes time limitations for proceedings involving custody or visitation.

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A04354 Actions:

BILL NO	A04354
02/02/2017	referred to judiciary
01/03/2018	referred to judiciary

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A04354 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4354
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 2, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Judiciary
 
        AN ACT to amend the family court act, in relation to  establishing  time
          limitations for proceedings involving custody or visitation
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The family court act is amended by adding a new section 658
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 658. Time limitations for proceedings involving custody  or  visita-
     4  tion.  In  any  proceeding  brought  pursuant  to  sections four hundred
     5  sixty-seven, six hundred fifty-one, or six hundred fifty-two of this act
     6  to determine temporary or permanent custody or visitation, once a  hear-
     7  ing  or trial is commenced, it shall proceed to conclusion within ninety
     8  days. The penalty for failing to proceed  to  conclusion  within  ninety
     9  days  shall  be dismissal of the petition and any interim order shall be
    10  deemed void and unenforceable.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08893-01-7

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