Eligibility for office
§ 134. Eligibility for office. No person, other than one who holds such office on the effective date of this act may serve in the office of judge of the family court unless he or she has been admitted to practice law in the state of New York for at least ten years as of the date he or she commences the duties of office.
Must have been admitted to practice law in NY at least 10 years as of taking office. ★
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.