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Part 1 — General Provisions

205.1 Application of Part; waiver; additional rules; definitions
205.2 Terms and parts of court
205.3 Individual assignment system; structure
205.4 Access to Family Court proceedings

Part 2 — Preliminary Procedures

205.10 Notice of appearance D
205.11 Service and filing of motion papers D
205.12 Conference
205.13 Engagement of counsel
205.14 Time limitations for proceedings involving custody or visitation D
205.5 Privacy of Family Court records
205.6 Periodic reports D
205.7 Papers filed in court; docket number; prefix; forms
205.7-b Pilot programs for the filing of petitions for temporary orders of protection by electronic means and the issuance of such orders by audio-visual means
205.8 Submission of papers to judge
205.9 Miscellaneous proceedings

Part 3 — Juvenile Delinquency and PINS

205.15 Submission of orders for signature D
205.16 Motion for judicial determination that reasonable efforts are not required for child in foster care
205.17 Permanency hearings for child in foster care, children directly placed with relatives or other suitable persons and children freed for adoption D
205.18 Hearings and Submission of Reports and Assessments on the Placement of a Child in a Qualified Residential Treatment Program D
205.19 Financial Eligibility for Publicly Funded Counsel D
205.20 Designation of a facility for the questioning of children in custody (juvenile delinquency)
205.21 Authorization to detention agency for release of a child taken into custody before the filing of a petition (juvenile delinquency)
205.22 Preliminary probation conferences and procedures (juvenile delinquency) D
205.23 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process (juvenile delinquency) D
205.24 Terms and conditions of order adjourning a proceeding in contemplation of dismissal in accordance with section 315.3 of the Family Court Act

Part 4 — Support Proceedings

205.25 Terms and conditions of order releasing respondent in accordance with section 320.5 of the Family Court Act
205.26 Procedure when remanded child absconds D
205.27 Procedure for assignment, in accordance with section 340.2(3) of the Family Court Act, of a proceeding to another judge when the appropriate judge cannot preside
205.28 Procedures for compliance with Adoption and Safe Families Act (juvenile delinquency proceeding) D
205.29 Transfers of proceedings for disposition; required documents D
205.30 Preliminary probation conferences and procedures (support) D
205.31 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process (support) D
205.32 Support Magistrates D
205.33 Assignment of support magistrates
205.34 Referrals to support magistrates

Part 5 — Family Offenses

205.35 Conduct of hearing
205.36 Findings of fact; transmission of findings of fact and other information; quarterly reports D
205.37 Recording of hearings; objections
205.38 Record and report of unexecuted warrants issued pursuant to section 428 of the Family Court Act
205.39 Authority of probation when there is a failure to obey a lawful order of the court (support) D
205.40 Preliminary probation conferences and procedures upon a referral from Supreme Court (support) D
205.41 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process upon referral from Supreme Court (support) D
205.42 Submission by support collection units of proposed adjusted orders of support D
205.43 Hearings to determine willful nonpayment of child support D
205.44 Testimony by telephone, audio-visual or other electronic means in child support and paternity cases D

Part 6 — Child Protective and Custody

205.48 Judicial and extra-judicial surrenders; required papers and putative father determination D
205.49 Termination of parental rights; required papers; venue; putative father determination D
205.50 Terms and conditions of order suspending judgment in accordance with section 633 of the Family Court Act or section 384-b(8)(c) of the Social Services Law D
205.51 Proceedings involving custody of a Native American child
205.52 Adoption rules; application; timing and venue of filing of petition D
205.53 Papers required in an adoption proceeding D
205.54 Investigation by disinterested person; adoption D

Part 7 — Adoption Proceedings

205.55 Special applications
205.56 Investigation by disinterested person; custody; guardianship D
205.57 Petition for guardianship by adoptive parent D
205.58 Proceedings for certification as a qualified adoptive parent or parents
205.59 Calendaring of proceedings for adoption from an authorized agency D
205.60 Designation of a facility for the questioning of children in custody (PINS)
205.61 Authorization to release a child taken into custody before the filing of a petition (PINS)
205.62 Preliminary conferences and procedures (PINS) D
205.63 [Repealed]
205.64 Procedure when remanded child absconds (PINS) D

Part 8 — Permanency and Review

205.65 Terms and conditions of order adjourning a proceeding in contemplation of dismissal entered in accordance with section 749(a) of the Family Court Act (PINS)
205.66 Terms and conditions of order in accordance with section 755 or 757 of the Family Court Act (PINS) D
205.67 Procedures for compliance with Adoption and Safe Families Act (Persons in Need of Supervision proceeding) D
205.70 Designation of persons to inform complainant of procedures available for the institution of family offense proceedings
205.71 Preliminary probation conferences and procedures (family offenses) D
205.72 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process (family offenses) D
205.73 Record and report of unexecuted warrants issued pursuant to section 827 of the Family Court Act (family offenses)
205.74 Terms and conditions of order in accordance with sections 841(b)-(e), 842 and 843 of the Family Court Act (family offenses) D

Part 9 — Additional Provisions

205.80 Procedure when remanded child absconds (child protective proceeding) D
205.81 Procedures for compliance with Adoption and Safe Families Act (child protective proceeding)
205.82 Record and report of unexecuted warrants issued pursuant to article 10 of the Family Court Act (child protective proceeding)
205.83 Terms and conditions of order in accordance with sections 1053, 1054 and 1057 of the Family Court Act (child protective proceeding) D
205.84 [Repealed]
205.85 Procedure when a child who has been placed absconds (child protective proceeding) D
205.86 Video recording of interviews of children alleged to have been sexually abused

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Part 7 · Adoption Proceedings

Rule 205.63. [Repealed]

Amended January 1, 2026 (current)

This rule has been repealed.

Source: 22 NYCRR § 205.63

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