Family Court Act § 1052-c · Part 5. Orders
Duty to report investigations to locate non-respondent parents or relatives
Text — Law content up to date as of August 21, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 1052-c. Duty to report investigations to locate non-respondent parents or relatives. Upon a determination by the court to enter an order of disposition placing the child in accordance with section one thousand fifty-five of this part, the court shall immediately require the local social services district to report to the court the results of any investigation to locate any non-respondent parent or relatives of the child, including all of the child's grandparents, all suitable relatives identified by any respondent parent and any non-respondent parent and all relatives identified by a child over the age of five as relatives who play or have played a significant positive role in the child's life, as required pursuant to section one thousand seventeen of the article. Such report shall include whether any non-respondent parent has expressed an interest in seeking custody of the child or whether any relative who has been located has expressed an interest in becoming a foster parent for the child or in seeking custody or care of the child.
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