Uniform Rules for Family Court
Current through January 1, 2026
Part 1 · General Provisions
Part 2 · Preliminary Procedures
- 205.10 Notice of appearance Deadlines
- 205.11 Service and filing of motion papers Deadlines
- 205.12 Conference
- 205.13 Engagement of counsel
- 205.14 Time limitations for proceedings involving custody or visitation Deadlines
- 205.5 Privacy of Family Court records
- 205.6 Periodic reports Deadlines
- 205.7 Papers filed in court; docket number; prefix; forms
- 205.7-b Pilot programs for the filing of petitions for temporary orders of protection by electronic means and the issuance of such orders by audio-visual means
- 205.8 Submission of papers to judge
- 205.9 Miscellaneous proceedings
Part 3 · Juvenile Delinquency and PINS
- 205.15 Submission of orders for signature Deadlines
- 205.16 Motion for judicial determination that reasonable efforts are not required for child in foster care
- 205.17 Permanency hearings for child in foster care, children directly placed with relatives or other suitable persons and children freed for adoption Deadlines
- 205.18 Hearings and Submission of Reports and Assessments on the Placement of a Child in a Qualified Residential Treatment Program Deadlines
- 205.19 Financial Eligibility for Publicly Funded Counsel Deadlines
- 205.20 Designation of a facility for the questioning of children in custody (juvenile delinquency)
- 205.21 Authorization to detention agency for release of a child taken into custody before the filing of a petition (juvenile delinquency)
- 205.22 Preliminary probation conferences and procedures (juvenile delinquency) Deadlines
- 205.23 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process (juvenile delinquency) Deadlines
- 205.24 Terms and conditions of order adjourning a proceeding in contemplation of dismissal in accordance with section 315.3 of the Family Court Act
Part 4 · Support Proceedings
- 205.25 Terms and conditions of order releasing respondent in accordance with section 320.5 of the Family Court Act
- 205.26 Procedure when remanded child absconds Deadlines
- 205.27 Procedure for assignment, in accordance with section 340.2(3) of the Family Court Act, of a proceeding to another judge when the appropriate judge cannot preside
- 205.28 Procedures for compliance with Adoption and Safe Families Act (juvenile delinquency proceeding) Deadlines
- 205.29 Transfers of proceedings for disposition; required documents Deadlines
- 205.30 Preliminary probation conferences and procedures (support) Deadlines
- 205.31 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process (support) Deadlines
- 205.32 Support Magistrates Deadlines
- 205.33 Assignment of support magistrates
- 205.34 Referrals to support magistrates
Part 5 · Family Offenses
- 205.35 Conduct of hearing
- 205.36 Findings of fact; transmission of findings of fact and other information; quarterly reports Deadlines
- 205.37 Recording of hearings; objections
- 205.38 Record and report of unexecuted warrants issued pursuant to section 428 of the Family Court Act
- 205.39 Authority of probation when there is a failure to obey a lawful order of the court (support) Deadlines
- 205.40 Preliminary probation conferences and procedures upon a referral from Supreme Court (support) Deadlines
- 205.41 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process upon referral from Supreme Court (support) Deadlines
- 205.42 Submission by support collection units of proposed adjusted orders of support Deadlines
- 205.43 Hearings to determine willful nonpayment of child support Deadlines
- 205.44 Testimony by telephone, audio-visual or other electronic means in child support and paternity cases Deadlines
Part 6 · Child Protective and Custody
- 205.45 to 205.47 [Reserved]
- 205.48 Judicial and extra-judicial surrenders; required papers and putative father determination Deadlines
- 205.49 Termination of parental rights; required papers; venue; putative father determination Deadlines
- 205.50 Terms and conditions of order suspending judgment in accordance with section 633 of the Family Court Act or section 384-b(8)(c) of the Social Services Law Deadlines
- 205.51 Proceedings involving custody of a Native American child
- 205.52 Adoption rules; application; timing and venue of filing of petition Deadlines
- 205.53 Papers required in an adoption proceeding Deadlines
- 205.54 Investigation by disinterested person; adoption Deadlines
Part 7 · Adoption Proceedings
- 205.55 Special applications
- 205.56 Investigation by disinterested person; custody; guardianship Deadlines
- 205.57 Petition for guardianship by adoptive parent Deadlines
- 205.58 Proceedings for certification as a qualified adoptive parent or parents
- 205.59 Calendaring of proceedings for adoption from an authorized agency Deadlines
- 205.60 Designation of a facility for the questioning of children in custody (PINS)
- 205.61 Authorization to release a child taken into custody before the filing of a petition (PINS)
- 205.62 Preliminary conferences and procedures (PINS) Deadlines
- 205.63 [Repealed]
- 205.64 Procedure when remanded child absconds (PINS) Deadlines
Part 8 · Permanency and Review
- 205.65 Terms and conditions of order adjourning a proceeding in contemplation of dismissal entered in accordance with section 749(a) of the Family Court Act (PINS)
- 205.66 Terms and conditions of order in accordance with section 755 or 757 of the Family Court Act (PINS) Deadlines
- 205.67 Procedures for compliance with Adoption and Safe Families Act (Persons in Need of Supervision proceeding) Deadlines
- 205.68 to 205.69 [Reserved]
- 205.70 Designation of persons to inform complainant of procedures available for the institution of family offense proceedings
- 205.71 Preliminary probation conferences and procedures (family offenses) Deadlines
- 205.72 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process (family offenses) Deadlines
- 205.73 Record and report of unexecuted warrants issued pursuant to section 827 of the Family Court Act (family offenses)
- 205.74 Terms and conditions of order in accordance with sections 841(b)-(e), 842 and 843 of the Family Court Act (family offenses) Deadlines
- 205.75 to 205.79 [Reserved]
Part 9 · Additional Provisions
- 205.80 Procedure when remanded child absconds (child protective proceeding) Deadlines
- 205.81 Procedures for compliance with Adoption and Safe Families Act (child protective proceeding)
- 205.82 Record and report of unexecuted warrants issued pursuant to article 10 of the Family Court Act (child protective proceeding)
- 205.83 Terms and conditions of order in accordance with sections 1053, 1054 and 1057 of the Family Court Act (child protective proceeding) Deadlines
- 205.84 [Repealed]
- 205.85 Procedure when a child who has been placed absconds (child protective proceeding) Deadlines
- 205.86 Video recording of interviews of children alleged to have been sexually abused