Section 1031. Originating proceeding to determine abuse or neglect

(a) A
  proceeding under this article is originated by the filing of a  petition
  in  which  facts  sufficient  to  establish that a child is an abused or
  neglected child under this article are alleged.
    (b) Allegations of abuse and neglect may  be  contained  in  the  same
  petition.  Where  more than one child is the legal responsibility of the
  respondent, it may be alleged in the same  petition  that  one  or  more
  children are abused children, or that one or more children are neglected
  children, or both.
    (c)  On  its  own motion and at any time in the proceedings, the court
  may substitute for a petition to determine abuse a petition to determine
  neglect if the facts established are not sufficient to make a finding of
  abuse, as defined by this article.
    (d) A proceeding under this article  may  be  originated  by  a  child
  protective   agency   pursuant   to  section  one  thousand  thirty-two,
  notwithstanding that the child is  in  the  care  and  custody  of  such
  agency.  In  such  event,  the petition shall allege facts sufficient to
  establish that the return of the child to the care and  custody  of  his
  parent  or other person legally responsible for his care would place the
  child in imminent danger of becoming an abused or neglected child.
    (e) In any case where a child has been removed prior to the filing  of
  a  petition,  the petition alleging abuse or neglect of said child shall
  state the date and time of the removal, the circumstances  necessitating
  such  removal,  whether  the  removal  occurred  pursuant to section ten
  hundred twenty-one, ten hundred twenty-two or ten hundred twenty-four of
  this act, and if the removal occurred without court  order,  the  reason
  there  was  not  sufficient  time  to  obtain  a court order pursuant to
  section ten hundred twenty-two of this act.
    (f) A petition alleging abuse shall contain a  notice  in  conspicuous
  print  that a fact-finding that a child is severely or repeatedly abused
  as defined in subdivision eight of section three  hundred  eighty-four-b
  of  the  social  services  law,  by clear and convincing evidence, could
  constitute a basis to terminate parental rights in a proceeding pursuant
  to section three hundred eighty-four-b of the social services law.