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Family Court & Family Law Committee

Overview

Addresses a broad range of substantive and procedural issues regarding Family Court and family law. The Committee also participates in the Judiciary Committee's evaluation of candidates for Family Court judgeships.
Chairs
- Michelle Burrell
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Reports
- Statement of New York City Bar Association President Roger Juan Maldonado on Measures Taken by the Unified Court System in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (March 17, 2020)
  
  Author(s): Civil Court Committee Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee Housing Court Committee Pro Bono & Legal Services Committee Civil Right to Counsel, Task Force on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Coronavirus (COVID-19): City Bar Response and Resources
  
  Subject Area(s): COVID-19/Coronavirus
- Opposition to DHS Proposed Rule Regarding Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions: Comments (November 15, 2019)
  
  Author(s): Immigration & Nationality Law Committee Children & the Law Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Immigration Children and Families
- Report on Legislation Further Restricting the Use of Restraints on Children Appearing Before the Family Court (June 17, 2019)
  
  Author(s): Family Court & Family Law Committee Juvenile Justice Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Family Court Children
- Report on legislation regarding adoption by a petitioner whose parentage is legally-recognized (March 27, 2019)
  
  Author(s): Children & the Law Committee Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Rights Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Adoption Adoption by Same-Sex Couples
- Impact on Child Welfare & Youth Justice Services in NYC - 2020 NYS Executive Budget (March 19, 2019)
  
  Author(s): Children & the Law Committee Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee Juvenile Justice Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Budget - NYS Executive Child Welfare
- Report in Support of the Child-Parent Security Act - 2020 NYS Executive Budget (March 15, 2019)
  
  Author(s): Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Rights Committee Children & the Law Committee Children, Council on Family Court & Family Law Committee Matrimonial Law Committee Sex & Law Committee Health Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Surrogacy Budget - NYS Executive
- Opposition to Lowering JCOPE Monetary Disclosure Threshold - 2020 NYS Executive Budget (March 09, 2019)
  
  Author(s): Non-Profit Organizations Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee Government Ethics & State Affairs Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Budget - NYS Executive Public Ethics, Joint Commission on
- Ensuring Right to Counsel For Minors Facing Removal Proceedings: Testimony (December 19, 2018)
  
  Author(s): Children & the Law Committee Children, Council on Family Court & Family Law Committee Immigration & Nationality Law Committee Pro Bono & Legal Services Committee Social Welfare Law Committee Civil Right to Counsel, Task Force on
  
  Subject Area(s): Right to Counsel Children in Removal Proceedings
- Comments on Proposed DHS Rulemaking re: Flores Settlement (November 06, 2018)
  
  Author(s): Immigration & Nationality Law Committee Children & the Law Committee Children, Council on Family Court & Family Law Committee International Human Rights Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Immigration Reform Detention of Noncitizens
- Statement Opposing Proposed Changes to Broaden "Public Charge" Rule (October 24, 2018)
  
  Author(s): Social Welfare Law Committee Immigration & Nationality Law Committee Bioethical Issues Committee Civil Rights Committee Children, Council on Domestic Violence Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee Federal Courts Committee Health Law Committee Housing Court Committee Housing & Urban Development Committee Labor & Employment Committee Legal Problems of the Aging Committee Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Rights Committee Mental Health Law Committee Pro Bono & Legal Services Committee Sex & Law Committee Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee European Affairs Committee Children & the Law Committee International Human Rights Committee United Nations Committee Disability Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Welfare Immigration Reform
- Federal Immigration Enforcement in NYS Courthouses: Recommendations (July 11, 2018)
  
  Author(s): Children & the Law Committee Children, Council on Civil Court Committee Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Domestic Violence Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee Immigration & Nationality Law Committee Judicial Administration, Council on Juvenile Justice Committee Pro Bono & Legal Services Committee State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Women in the Courts Task Force
  
  Subject Area(s): Access to Justice for Immigrant Detainees Immigration Reform
- Criminal Prosecution, Separation, and Detention of Families Seeking Asylum (July 06, 2018)
  
  Author(s): Immigration & Nationality Law Committee Bioethical Issues Committee Children & the Law Committee Children, Council on Family Court & Family Law Committee Health Law Committee International Human Rights Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Immigration
- Support for the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (April 05, 2018)
  
  Author(s): Civil Court Committee Judicial Administration, Council on Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Domestic Violence Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee Immigration & Nationality Law Committee Pro Bono & Legal Services Committee State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee Women in the Courts Task Force
  
  Subject Area(s): Immigration Reform Access to Justice
- Report in Support of Clarifications to the Definition of "Prospective Relative Guardian" for Purposes of Subsidized Kinship Guardianship Assistance (KinGAP) (June 15, 2017)
  
  Author(s): Children & the Law Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee Social Welfare Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program Kinship Guardianship
- Statement on Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility (March 27, 2017)
  
  Author(s): Children & the Law Committee Children, Council on Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Criminal Law Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee Criminal Justice, Community Relations & Civil Rights Civil Rights Committee Mass Incarceration, Task Force on Juvenile Justice Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Raising the Age Criminal Justice
- Report in Support of the "BRIDGE" Act (Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy Act) (January 30, 2017)
  
  Author(s): Immigration & Nationality Law Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee Children, Council on Children & the Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Immigration Immigration Reform
- Report on 2015-16 Executive Budget Proposal regarding Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility (March 12, 2015)
  
  Author(s): Children & the Law Committee Corrections & Community Reentry Committee Criminal Justice Operations Committee Civil Rights Committee Criminal Courts Committee Criminal Law Committee Children, Council on Family Court & Family Law Committee Criminal Justice, Community Relations & Civil Rights
  
  Subject Area(s): Raising the Age Criminal Justice
- Introductory Guide to the New York City Family Court (February 01, 2012)
  
  Author(s): Family Court & Family Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Family Court
- Report to the Law Revision Commission highlighting crucial issues that should be examined in the Commission's assessment of the maintenance laws of the state and the economic consequence of divorce on the parties (November 01, 2011)
  
  Author(s): Sex & Law Committee Domestic Violence Committee Matrimonial Law Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Divorce and Maintenance Laws
- Report on A.7836-A/S.5694-A and A.8339/S.5745 which would bring children who come into the custody of local social services districts under the jurisdiction of the Family Court (July 01, 2011)
  
  Author(s): Family Court & Family Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Child, Destitute Children
- Survey of Family Law Curricula in New York City and Long Island Law Schools (January 01, 2010)
  
  Author(s): Family Court & Family Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Family Law Curricula in Law Schools
- Letter to the NYS Office of Children & Family Services regarding the Standards for the Provision of Adolescent Services for Foster Care Youth (December 01, 2009)
  
  Author(s): Children & the Law Committee Family Court & Family Law Committee Children, Council on
  
  Subject Area(s): Foster Care
- Letter to Governor Spitzer commenting on the recently released Executive budget and urging continued support for child welfare programs and the Family Court (March 01, 2007)
  
  Author(s): Family Court & Family Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Family Court and Family Law Budget - NYS Executive
- Letter to the NYC Administration for Children's Services supporting the agency's collaboration with the Nurse-Family Partnership (December 01, 2006)
  
  Author(s): Family Court & Family Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Teenage Mothers
- Report regarding S.8096/A.10447 which would amend the judiciary law to allow for the assignment of counsel to the indigent by the supreme court in proceedings over which family court has a jurisdiction (July 01, 2006)
  
  Author(s): Family Court & Family Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Indigent Litigants
- Report on Family Court Services in New York City (May 01, 2006)
  
  Author(s): Family Court & Family Law Committee
  
  Subject Area(s): Family Court
News & Media
- Statement of New York City Bar Association President Roger Juan Maldonado on Measures Taken by the Unified Court System in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (March 17, 2020)
- NYS Legislative Agenda: Enact the Child-Parent Security Act (January 07, 2020)
- 2019 New York State Legislative Session Recap Chart (December 20, 2019)
- Advocating in the Heat of the Legislative Session (May 31, 2019)
- NYCBA Announces 2019 Awardees for Excellence in Service to Family Court (New York Law Journal) (May 14, 2019)
- New York City Bar Association Announces 2019 Kathryn A. McDonald Award Recipients (May 13, 2019)
- Statement on New Court Directive Requiring Judicial Warrants for ICE Arrests in Courthouses (April 17, 2019)
- Immigrants Avoiding State Courts, Legal Services Due to ICE Presence, Report Says (New York Law Journal) (April 10, 2019)
- City Bar Statement on New Report Detailing the Impact of ICE Courthouse Operations in New York (April 10, 2019)
- 2019 New York State Budget Recap (April 08, 2019)
- Statement on the Child-Parent Security Act (February 07, 2019)
- Reimagining Domestic Violence Services (January 17, 2019)
- NYC Bar Association makes plea to Chief Judge DiFiore over ICE arrests in the courts (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) (July 11, 2018)
- City Bar Calls on NY Chief Judge to Issue New Rules on ICE Courthouse Arrests (New York Law Journal) (July 11, 2018)
- City Bar Issues Recommendations in Response to ICE Arrests in New York State Courthouses (July 11, 2018)
- City Bar Calls on Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to End Criminal Prosecution, Separation, and Detention of Families Seeking Asylum (July 06, 2018)
- New York City Bar Association Announces 2018 Kathryn A. McDonald Award Winners (May 23, 2018)
- Nominations Sought for Kathryn A. McDonald Award (March 08, 2018)
- New York Expands Funding Access for Close Kin Who Become a Child's Legal Guardian (The Chronicle of Social Change) (December 06, 2017)
- Avella, Hevesi Bill Expanding Protections For Foster Children Receives Governor’s Signature (Queens Gazette) (November 01, 2017)
- KinGAP Eligibility Expansion Signed Into Law by the Governor (October 24, 2017)
- Avella, Hevesi Bill Expanding Protections For Foster Children Passes Legislature (Queens Gazette) (August 30, 2017)
- 2017 McDonald Awards (New York Law Journal) (May 25, 2017)
- New York City Bar Association Announces 2017 Kathryn A. McDonald Award Winners (May 16, 2017)
- Allegations of “Parental Alienation” in the Context of Domestic Violence Litigation (April 21, 2017)
- Statement of City Bar President John S. Kiernan on “Raising the Age” in Final New York State Budget (April 10, 2017)
- Emergency Preparedness for Families Affected by the Executive Orders on Immigration (March 07, 2017)
- 2017 NYS Legislative Agenda: Advance criminal justice reform and policies that will reduce mass incarceration (March 02, 2017)
- The City Bar’s Response to the New Administration (February 15, 2017)
- City Bar Announces 2016 Kathryn A. McDonald Award Winners (May 12, 2016)
- New York City Bar Announces 2015 Kathryn A. McDonald Award Winners (May 06, 2015)
- New York City Bar Announces 2014 Kathryn A. McDonald Award Winners (April 29, 2014)
- A New Day? Language Access and NYC's New Administration (April 01, 2014)
- New York City Bar Announces 2013 Kathryn A. McDonald Award Winners (April 26, 2013)
- Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the New York State Family Court (September 25, 2012)
- City Bar Provides Recommendations to Law Revision Commission on Divorce Maintenance Laws (November 03, 2011)
- New York City Bar Association Announces the 2011 Kathryn A. McDonald Award Winners (April 13, 2011)

Family Court & Family Law Committee

Addresses a broad range of substantive and procedural issues regarding Family Court and family law. The Committee also participates in the Judiciary Committee's evaluation of candidates for Family Court judgeships.

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