Fact-finding hearing; removal
§ 346.1. Fact-finding hearing; removal. Where the proceeding was commenced by the filing of an order of removal pursuant to a direction authorized by section 220.10, 310.85 or 330.25 of the criminal procedure law, the requirements of a fact-finding hearing shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon the filing of the order and no further fact-finding hearing need be held; provided, however, that where any specification required by subdivision five of section 725.05 of the criminal procedure law is not clear, the court may examine such records or hold such hearing as it deems necessary to clarify said specification.
Where the case came in as a CPL removal order (§§ 220.10, 310.85, 330.25), the fact-finding requirement is deemed satisfied by filing the order — no separate fact-finding hearing needed.
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.