Bill Text: NY S05012 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides counsel appointed in the supreme court or surrogate's court for certain family matters shall be compensated in the same manner as law guardians in the family court of this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S05012 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05012-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5012
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 3, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation  to  the  fee  rates  for
          counsel  appointed  in  the  supreme  court  or  surrogate's court for
          certain family matters
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  35  of the judiciary law, as
     2  amended by chapter 41 of the  laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    7.  Whenever  the  supreme  court or a surrogate's court shall appoint
     5  counsel in a proceeding over which the family court might have exercised
     6  jurisdiction had such action or  proceeding  been  commenced  in  family
     7  court  or  referred  thereto  pursuant  to  law, and under circumstances
     8  whereby, if such proceeding were pending in  family  court,  such  court
     9  would  be  authorized  by  section  two hundred forty-nine of the family
    10  court act to appoint an attorney for the child, such  counsel  shall  be
    11  compensated  [in  accordance  with  the  provisions of this section] and
    12  allowed expenses and disbursements in the same amounts as established by
    13  section two hundred forty-five of the family court act.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to  appli-
    15  cations or proceedings pending on or after its effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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