Ny Family Court

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Use when drafting or filing in **New York Family Court** — the specialized trial court established under Article VI § 13 of the NY Constitution and the **Family Court Act (FCA)**, handling child custody, visitation, child support, paternity, juvenile delinquency, PINS (Persons In Need of Supervision), foster care + termination of parental rights (Article 10 abuse and neglect / Article 6 adoption), family-offense / orders of protection, and related family- law matters. Triggers include 'NY Family Court', 'Family Court Act', 'FCA Article 4', 'FCA Article 5', 'FCA Article 6', 'FCA Article 7', 'FCA Article 8', 'FCA Article 10', 'CSSA child support', 'CSSA 17% basic', 'NY Family Court child support', 'Family Court custody', 'family offense petition', 'order of protection NY', 'PINS petition', 'juvenile delinquency', 'paternity petition', 'JDF adoption', 'NYC Family Court 60 Lafayette', 'Kings Family Court', 'Bronx Family Court', 'Queens Family Court', 'Richmond Family Court', '22 NYCRR Part 205'. Covers the **Child Support Standards Act (CSSA)** at FCA § 413 / DRL § 240(1-b) with the 17/25/29/31/35% basic child-support percentages and the $183,000 (2024) combined-income cap; the **best-interests** custody framework under *Eschbach v. Eschbach* (1982) and *Friederwitzer v. Friederwitzer* (1982); the **Article 10 abuse and neglect** process with ACS (NYC) / DSS (rest of state); **Article 7 PINS** proceedings; **Article 8 family-offense** petitions with the qualifying-relationship + qualifying-offense framework and Order of Protection mechanics; **paternity** under Article 5 with the genetic-marker test; **Article 3 juvenile delinquency** with Raise-the-Age impacts; and the **referee + Support Magistrate** judicial structure unique to Family Court. NOT for divorce or matrimonial property distribution — those route to Supreme Court Matrimonial Part (`ny-nyco`, `ny-kings` etc.). NOT for adoptions of adults or Surrogate's Court probate matters.