FCA § 580-306

Inappropriate tribunal

§ 580-306. Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/580-306

In plain English

If the wrong NY tribunal receives a pleading, it forwards it to the right tribunal and tells the petitioner where/when it was sent.

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.