Discontinuation of treatment by agency or institution
§ 771. Discontinuation of treatment by agency or institution. If an authorized agency in which a person is placed under section seven hundred fifty-six
(a) discontinues or suspends its work; or
(b) is unwilling to continue to care for the person for the reason that support by the state of New York or one of its political subdivisions has been discontinued; or
(c) so fundamentally alters its program that the person can no longer benefit from it, the person shall be returned by the agency to the court which entered the order of placement.
If a § 756 agency (a) discontinues/suspends work, (b) won't continue because state/local support ended, or (c) so alters its program that the child no longer benefits, the child is returned to the placing court.
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.