Family Court Act § 311.3 · Part 1. Jurisdiction and Preliminary Procedures
Petition; fact-finding hearings
Text — Law content up to date as of August 21, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 311.3. Petition; fact-finding hearings. 1. When two or more respondents are charged in separate petitions with the same crime or crimes the court shall conduct a single or consolidated fact-finding hearing. The court, however, upon motion of a respondent or the presentment agency, may, in its discretion and for good cause shown, order that any respondent be granted a fact-finding hearing separate from the other respondents. Such motion must be made within the period prescribed in section 332.2.
2. If such petitions, in addition to charging the same crime or crimes against the different respondents, charge other crimes not common to all, the court may nevertheless conduct a single fact-finding hearing for the crime or crimes common to all.
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