Laws of New York (Last Updated: November 21, 2014) |
FCT Family Court |
Article 10. CHILD PROTECTIVE PROCEEDINGS |
Part 1. JURISDICTION |
Section 1011. Purpose
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This article is designed to establish procedures to help protect children from injury or mistreatment and to help safeguard their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It is designed to provide a due process of law for determining when the state, through its family court, may intervene against the wishes of a parent on behalf of a child so that his needs are properly met.