Definitions
§ 119. Definitions. When used in this act and unless the specific context indicates otherwise:
(a) "Duly authorized association, agency, society or institution" means any institution supported or controlled by the state or by a subdivision thereof; any social services official of this state; or an association, agency, society, or institution, duly empowered to care for children, which
(i) is incorporated under the laws of this state;
(ii) actually has its place of business or home within the state; and
(iii) is approved, visited, inspected and supervised by the department of family assistance, or which shall submit and consent to the approval, visitation, inspection and supervision of the department of family assistance.
(b) "Person legally responsible for the child's care" includes the child's custodian, guardian or any other person responsible for the child's care at the relevant time.
(c) The term "infant" or "minor" means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years.
(a) "Duly authorized association, agency, society or institution" — state-controlled institutions, social-services officials, or child-care entities incorporated in NY, with a NY place of business, approved/supervised by the Dept. of Family Assistance.
(b) "Person legally responsible for the child's care" includes custodian, guardian, or anyone responsible at the relevant time.
(c) "Infant" or "minor" = a person under 18. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.