NY A08393

Courts cannot deny or dismiss orders of protection solely because alleged acts or events are not relatively contemporaneous with the application date or conclusion of the action in family court proceedings under Articles 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 of the Family Court Act and Domestic Relations Law Section 240.

Duration of any temporary order of protection cannot by itself be a factor in determining whether to issue or the length of any final order of protection.

Applies to support proceedings, paternity proceedings, termination of parental rights proceedings, person in need of supervision (PINS) proceedings, family offense proceedings, and child protective proceedings.

Amends Family Court Act Section 812 to clarify that courts cannot deny orders of protection in family offense proceedings based solely on lack of temporal proximity between alleged conduct and the petition date.

Takes effect immediately and applies to all orders of protection pending or entered on or after the effective date.