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NY A10851
Bill
Status
8/13/2010
Primary Sponsor
Helene Weinstein
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AI Summary
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Grants the chief administrator of the courts authority to allow referees to determine applications for orders of protection in family court under specified conditions.
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Referees may only determine such applications when made ex parte or when all parties besides the applicant default in appearance.
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Applies only to applications brought in family court during hours the court is in session and after 5:00 p.m.
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Requires mandatory domestic violence training for all persons designated to serve as referees under this provision.
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Provision expires and is repealed on September 1, 2012.
Legislative Description
Grants the chief administrator of the courts the authority to allow referees to determine applications to a family court for an order of protection when such application is made ex parte or without the presence of all the parties except the applicant; specifies that such provisions shall only apply during those hours that the family court is in session and after 5:00 p.m.
Last Action
signed chap.363
8/13/2010