New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle B - Courts › Chapter IV - Supreme Court › Subchapter B - Second Judicial Department › Article 1 - Appellate Division › Subarticle B - Special Rules › Part 691 - Conduct Of Attorneys › Section 691.23 - Attorney's affidavit in agency and private placement adoptions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10,
						  2024
(a)
						  Every attorney appearing for an adoptive parent, a natural parent, or an
						  adoption agency in an adoption proceeding in the courts within this judicial
						  department, shall, prior to the entry of an adoption decree, file with the
						  Office of Court Administration of the State of New York, and with the court in
						  which the adoption proceeding has been initiated, a signed statement under oath
						  setting forth the following information:
(1) name of attorney;
(2) association with firm (if
						  any);
(3) business
						  address;
(4)
						  telephone number;
(5) docket number of adoption
						  proceeding;
(6)
						  court where adoption has been filed;
(7) the date and terms of every
						  agreement, written or otherwise, between the attorney and the adoptive parents,
						  the natural parents, or anyone else on their behalf, pertaining to any
						  compensation or thing of value paid or given or to be paid, or given by or on
						  behalf of the adoptive parents or the natural parents, including but not
						  limited to retainer fees;
(8) the date and amount of any
						  compensation paid or thing of value given, and the amount of total compensation
						  to be paid, or thing of value to be given to the attorney by the adoptive
						  parents, the natural parents, or by anyone else on account of or incidental to
						  any assistance or service in connection with the proposed adoption;
(9) a brief statement of the
						  nature of the services rendered;
(10) the name and address of any other
						  attorney or attorneys who shared in the fees received in connection with the
						  services, or to whom any compensation or thing of value was paid or is to be
						  paid, directly or indirectly, by the attorney; the amount of such compensation
						  or thing of value;
(11) the name and address of any other
						  attorney or attorneys, if known, who received or will receive any compensation
						  or thing of value, directly or indirectly, from the adoptive parents, natural
						  parents, agency, or other source, on account of or incidental to any assistance
						  or service in connection with the proposed adoption; the amount of such
						  compensation or thing of value, if known;
(12) the name and address of any other
						  person, agency, association, corporation, institution, society or organization
						  who received or will receive any compensation or thing of value from the
						  attorney, directly or indirectly, on account of or incidental to any assistance
						  or service in connection with the proposed adoption; the amount of such
						  compensation or thing of value;
(13) the name and address, if known, of
						  any person, agency, association, corporation, institution, society, or
						  organization to whom compensation or thing of value has been paid or given, or
						  is to be paid or given by any source for the placing out of, or on account of,
						  or incidental to assistance in arrangements for the placement or adoption of
						  the adoptive child; the amount of such compensation or thing of value and the
						  services performed or the purposes for which the payment was made;
						  and
(14) a brief
						  statement as to the date and manner in which the initial contact occurred
						  between the attorney and the adoptive parents or natural parents with respect
						  to the proposed adoption.