Uniform Rules for the Family Court – 2026

§ 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 § 205.5 Privacy of Family Court records § 205.6 Periodic reports § 205.7 Papers filed in court; docket number; prefix; forms § 205.7-a Electronic Transmission of Orders of Protection § 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 § 205.10 Notice of appearance § 205.11 Service and filing of motion papers § 205.12 Conference § 205.13 Engagement of counsel § 205.14 Time limitations for proceedings involving custody or visitation § 205.15 Submission of orders for signature § 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 § 205.18 Hearings and Submission of Reports and Assessments on the Placement of a Child in a Qualified Residential Treatment Program § 205.19 Financial Eligibility for Publicly Funded Counsel § 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) § 205.23 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process (juvenile delinquency) § 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 § 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 § 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) § 205.29 Transfers of proceedings for disposition; required documents § 205.30 Preliminary probation conferences and procedures (support) § 205.31 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process (support) § 205.32 Support Magistrates § 205.33 Assignment of support magistrates § 205.34 Referrals to support magistrates § 205.35 Conduct of hearing § 205.36 Findings of fact; transmission of findings of fact and other information; quarterly reports § 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) § 205.40 Preliminary probation conferences and procedures upon a referral from Supreme Court (support) § 205.41 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process upon referral from Supreme Court (support) § 205.42 Submission by support collection units of proposed adjusted orders of support § 205.43 Hearings to determine willful nonpayment of child support § 205.44 Testimony by telephone, audio-visual or other electronic means in child support and paternity cases § 205.45 [Reserved] § 205.46 [Reserved] § 205.47 [Reserved] § 205.48 Judicial and extra-judicial surrenders; required papers and putative father determination § 205.49 Termination of parental rights; required papers; venue; putative father determination § 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 § 205.51 Proceedings involving custody of a Native American child § 205.52 Adoption rules; application; timing and venue of filing of petition § 205.53 Papers required in an adoption proceeding § 205.54 Investigation by disinterested person; adoption § 205.55 Special applications § 205.56 Investigation by disinterested person; custody; guardianship § 205.57 Petition for guardianship by adoptive parent § 205.58 Proceedings for certification as a qualified adoptive parent or parents § 205.59 Calendaring of proceedings for adoption from an authorized agency § 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) § 205.63 [Repealed] § 205.64 Procedure when remanded child absconds (PINS) § 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) § 205.67 Procedures for compliance with Adoption and Safe Families Act (Persons in Need of Supervision proceeding) § 205.68 [Reserved] § 205.69 [Reserved] § 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). § 205.72 Duties of the probation service and procedures relating to the adjustment process (family offenses) § 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) § 205.75 [Reserved] § 205.76 [Reserved] § 205.77 [Reserved] § 205.78 [Reserved] § 205.79 [Reserved] § 205.80 Procedure when remanded child absconds (child protective proceeding) § 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) § 205.84 [Repealed] § 205.85 Procedure when a child who has been placed absconds (child protective proceeding) § 205.86 Video recording of interviews of children alleged to have been sexually abused