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Current through Register Vol. 46, No.
					 28, July 10, 2024
F.C.A. §§ 156, 453, 548,846, General Form 7a
						1071,1072 (Summons - Violation of Court Order)
						8/2002..............................................................................
FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEWYORK COUNTY
						OF..............................................................
________________
In the Matter of a Proceedingunder Docket No. Article..
						of the Family Court
						Act............................................................
SUMMONS
......................................................................................................................
Petitioner,
(Violation of
- against- Court
						Order)........................................................................................
Respondent.
						.....................................................................................................
________________
NOTICE: YOUR FAILURETO APPEAR IN COURT MAY RESULT IN YOUR
						IMMEDIATE ARREST. YOU HAVE THE RIGHTTO BE REPRESENTED BY A LAWYER. IF YOU
						CANNOT AFFORD A PRIVATE LAWYER, YOUHAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK THE JUDGE TO ASSIGN A
						LAWYER. IF, AFTER A HEARING THEJUDGE FINDS THAT YOU WILLFULLY FAILED TO OBEY
						THE ORDER, YOU MAY BE IMPRISONEDFOR A TERM NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS FOR
						CONTEMPT OF COURT IN THE NAME OF THEPEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEWYORK
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED [] Petitioner [] Respondent:
						________________ WHO RESIDES OR IS FOUND AT [specify]:- _____________
A petition having been filed inthis Court, a copy of
						which is annexed, alleging that you have failed to obeythe order of this Court,
						dated [specify]:
						........................................................................................................................,
						issued by this Court under Article
of the Family Court Act,
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appearbefore this Court at
						[specify address]: ____, NewYork, on [specify date]: ___, at [specifytime]: to
						answer thepetition and show cause why you should not be dealt with in
						accordance withSection __ of the Family Court Act.
						...................................
BY ORDER OF THE COURT
Clerk of the Court
Dated:
..........................................................................................................,
.
NOTICE:
FamilyCourt Act § 154(c)
						provides that petitions brought pursuant to Articles4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 of the
						Family Court Act, in which an order of protectionis sought or in which a
						violation of an order of protection is alleged, maybe served outside the State
						of NEWYORK upon a Respondent who is not a residentor domiciliary of the State
						of NEWYORK. If no other grounds for obtainingpersonal jurisdiction over the
						Respondent exist aside from the applicationof this provision, the exercise of
						personal jurisdiction over the Respondentis limited to the issue of the request
						for, or alleged violation of, the orderof protection. Where the Respondent has
						been served with this summons andpetition and does not appear, the Family Court
						may proceed to a hearing withrespect to issuance or enforcement of the order of
						protection.