Miscellaneous proceedings
All proceedings for which the procedure has not been prescribed by provisions of the Family Court Act, the Domestic Relations Law or the Social Services Law, including but not limited to, proceedings involving consent to marry, interstate compact on juveniles and material witnesses, shall be commenced by the filing of a petition and shall require the entry of a written order.
Any proceeding not otherwise governed by FCA/DRL/SSL (e.g., consent to marry, interstate juvenile compact, material witnesses) is started by filing a petition and needs a written order.
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 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.