Laws of New York (Last Updated: November 21, 2014) |
FCT Family Court |
Article 6. PERMANENT TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, ADOPTION, GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY |
Part 1. PERMANENT TERMINATION OF PARENTAL CUSTODY BY REASON OF PERMANENT NEGLECT |
Section 624. Evidence
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Only competent, material and relevant evidence may be admitted in a fact-finding hearing; only material and relevant evidence may be admitted in a dispositional hearing. Evidence of parental contact or of failure to maintain contact with a child subsequent to the date of the filing of a petition under this part shall be inadmissible in the fact-finding hearing. Such evidence may be admitted in the dispositional hearing but shall not, of itself, be sufficient as a matter of law to preclude or require an order committing the guardianship and custody of the child.