FCA § 153

Subpoena, warrant and other process to compel attendance

§ 153. Subpoena, warrant and other process to compel attendance. The family court may issue a subpoena or in a proper case a warrant or other process to secure or compel the attendance of an adult respondent or child or any other person whose testimony or presence at a hearing or proceeding is deemed by the court to be necessary, and to admit to, fix or accept bail, or parole him pending the completion of the hearing or proceeding. The court is also authorized to issue a subpoena duces tecum in accordance with the applicable provisions of the civil practice act and, upon its effective date, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the CPLR. A judge of the family court is also authorized to hear and decide motions relating to child support subpoenas issued pursuant to section one hundred eleven-p of the social services law.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/153

In plain English

The court may issue a subpoena, or in a proper case a warrant or other process, to compel attendance of a respondent, child, or witness, and may admit to / fix / accept bail or parole them pending the hearing. It may issue a subpoena duces tecum per the CPLR, and decide motions on child-support subpoenas (SSL § 111-p). ★

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.