Section 262. Assignment of counsel for indigent persons

(a) Each of the
  persons described below  in  this  subdivision  has  the  right  to  the
  assistance  of  counsel.  When  such  person first appears in court, the
  judge shall advise such person before proceeding that he or she has  the
  right  to  be  represented by counsel of his or her own choosing, of the
  right to have an adjournment to confer with counsel, and of the right to
  have counsel assigned by the court in  any  case  where  he  or  she  is
  financially unable to obtain the same:
    (i)  the  respondent  in  any  proceeding under article ten or article
  ten-A of this act and the petitioner in any proceeding under part  eight
  of article ten of this act;
    (ii) the petitioner and the respondent in any proceeding under article
  eight of this act;
    (iii) the respondent in any proceeding under part three of article six
  of this act;
    (iv)  the  parent,  foster  parent, or other person having physical or
  legal custody of the child in any proceeding under article ten or  ten-A
  of  this  act  or  section  three  hundred  fifty-eight-a, three hundred
  eighty-four or three hundred eighty-four-b of the social  services  law,
  and a non-custodial parent or grandparent served with notice pursuant to
  paragraph  (e) of subdivision two of section three hundred eighty-four-a
  of the social services law;
    (v) the  parent  of  any  child  seeking  custody  or  contesting  the
  substantial  infringement  of his or her right to custody of such child,
  in any proceeding before the court in which the court  has  jurisdiction
  to determine such custody;
    (vi)  any  person in any proceeding before the court in which an order
  or other determination is being sought to hold such person  in  contempt
  of  the  court or in willful violation of a previous order of the court,
  except for a contempt which may  be  punished  summarily  under  section
  seven hundred fifty-five of the judiciary law;
    (vii) the parent of a child in any adoption proceeding who opposes the
  adoption of such child.
    (viii) the respondent in any proceeding under article five of this act
  in relation to the establishment of paternity.
    (b)  Assignment  of  counsel  in other cases. In addition to the cases
  listed in subdivision (a) of this section, a judge may assign counsel to
  represent any adult in a proceeding under this act if he determines that
  such assignment of counsel is mandated by the constitution of the  state
  of  New York or of the United States, and includes such determination in
  the order assigning counsel;
    (c) Implementation. Any order for the  assignment  of  counsel  issued
  under  this  part shall be implemented as provided in article eighteen-B
  of the county law.