FCA § 836

Adjournments

§ 836. Adjournments. (a) The court may adjourn a fact-finding hearing or a dispositional hearing for good cause shown on its own motion or on motion of either party.

(b) At the conclusion of a fact-finding hearing and after it has made findings required before a dispositional hearing may commence, the court may adjourn the proceedings to enable it to make inquiry into the surroundings, conditions, and capacities of the persons involved in the proceedings.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/FCT/836

In plain English

(a) Court may adjourn either hearing for good cause (own motion or a party's).
(b) After fact-finding findings, court may adjourn to inquire into the parties' circumstances.

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.