FCA § 137

County judge designated as family court judge

§ 137. County judge designated as family court judge. In each county referred to in subdivisions (b) and (c) of section one hundred thirty-one of this act in which there is more than one county judge, the appellate division of the supreme court of the judicial department in which such county is located shall designate and may revoke any designation of, one or more of the county judges within the county to act as and discharge the duties of family court judge.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/137

In plain English

Where a county uses county judges (§ 131(b)/(c)) and has more than one, the Appellate Division designates (and may revoke) which county judge(s) act as Family Court judge.

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.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.