FCA § 775

Order on hearing

§ 775. Order on hearing. (a) After hearing a petition under section seven hundred seventy-three, the court may:

(i) dismiss the petition;

(ii) grant the petition, making such placement, if the court was authorized to make such placement upon the original adjudication; or

(iii) terminate the prior order of placement and either discharge the respondent or place him on probation.

(b) If the court grants the petition and orders placement, the respondent shall thereupon be transferred to the custody of the person, agency or institution provided by the court's order.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/775

In plain English

After hearing a § 773 petition, the court may (i) dismiss; (ii) grant and re-place the child (if it could have originally); or (iii) terminate the prior placement and either discharge or place on probation. If granted, the child is transferred to the new custodian.

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.