NY S08197

Expands mandatory appointment of attorneys for minors who are parties in family court proceedings involving child support (Article 4), paternity establishment (Article 5), and assisted reproduction/surrogacy agreements (Article 5-B)

Extends the right to counsel to all parties in contempt proceedings for willful violation of court orders, replacing the previous provision that applied only to individual persons

Grants the right to appointed counsel for all parties in paternity, parentage, and gestational surrogacy proceedings under Articles 5, 5-B, and 5-C, including intervening persons in surrogacy cases

Requires that petitioners seeking enforcement of child support orders who are financially unable to obtain counsel receive appointed counsel, or if they are minors, receive an attorney for the child

Mandates that summons in paternity proceedings include notice of the right to counsel and appointed counsel for those financially unable to afford one, in addition to existing warnings about default judgments and license suspensions

Takes effect 90 days after becoming law