Section 243. Designation

(a) The office of court administration may enter
  into an agreement with a legal aid society for the  society  to  provide
  law guardians for the family court or appeals in proceedings originating
  in the family court in a county having a legal aid society.
    (b)  The  appellate  division  of  the  supreme court for the judicial
  department in which a county is located may,  upon  determining  that  a
  county  panel  designated pursuant to subdivision (c) of this section is
  not sufficient to afford appropriate law guardian services,  enter  into
  an  agreement,  subject  to  regulations  as  may  be promulgated by the
  administrative board of the  courts,  with  any  qualified  attorney  or
  attorneys  to  serve  as law guardian or as law guardians for the family
  court or appeals in proceedings originating in the family court in  that
  county.
    (c)  The  appellate  division  of  the  supreme court for the judicial
  department in which a county is located may designate  a  panel  of  law
  guardians for the family court and appeals in proceedings originating in
  the  family  court  in  that  county,  subject  to  the  approval of the
  administrative board of the courts.  For this purpose, it may  invite  a
  bar  association to recommend qualified persons for consideration by the
  said appellate division in making its designation, subject to  standards
  as may be promulgated by such administrative board.