FCA § 777

Failure to comply with terms of placement at home

§ 777. Failure to comply with terms of placement at home. If a person placed in his own home subject to orders of the court leaves home without the court's permission, he may be brought before the court and if, after hearing, the court is satisfied by competent proof that the respondent left home without just cause, the court may revoke the order of placement and proceed to make any order that might have been made at the time the order of placement was made. It may also continue the order of placement and, on due notice and after hearing, enter an order of protection for the duration of the placement.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/777

In plain English

A child placed at home who leaves without permission and without just cause (by competent proof) may have the placement revoked and any original order made; the court may also continue placement and enter an order of protection.

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.