{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "fca", "section": "1011", "citation": "FCA § 1011", "heading": "Purpose", "text": ["§ 1011. Purpose. This article is designed to establish procedures to help protect children from injury or mistreatment and to help safeguard their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It is designed to provide a due process of law for determining when the state, through its family court, may intervene against the wishes of a parent on behalf of a child so that his needs are properly met."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/1011", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "Sets the mission: protect kids from injury/mistreatment AND give parents **due process** before the state overrides a parent's wishes \"on behalf of a child.\" Balances child safety against parental rights.", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/fca/1011", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}