New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 22 - JUDICIARY › Subtitle A - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter II - UNIFORM RULES FOR THE NEW YORK STATE TRIAL COURTS › Part 205 - Uniform Rules For The Family Court › Section 205.7 - Papers filed in court; docket number; prefix; forms

Current through
				  Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The forms set forth in
				  Chapter IV of Subtitle D of this Title, designated "Forms of the Family Court
				  of the State of New York" and "Adoption Forms of the Family Court and
				  Surrogate's Court of the State of New York," respectively, shall be the
				  official forms of the court and shall, in substantially the same form as set
				  forth, be uniformly used throughout the State. Examples of these forms shall be
				  available at the clerk's office of any Family Court.
(b) The prefixes for the docket
				  numbers assigned to Family Court proceedings shall be:
A Adoption
As Adoption Surrender
B Commitment of guardianship and custody
					 (§§ 384, 384-b, Social Services Law)
C Conciliation
D Delinquency (including transfers from
					 criminal courts)
E Designated felony delinquency (including
					 transfers from criminal courts)
F Support
G Guardianship (§ 661, Family Court
					 Act)
L Approval of foster care placement
M Consent to marry
N Neglect or child abuse (child protective
					 proceeding)
O Family offenses
P Paternity
R Referred from Supreme Court (except
					 delinquency)
S Person in need of supervision
U Uniform Interstate Family Support Law
V Custody of minors (§ 651, Family Court
					 Act)
W Material witness
Z Miscellaneous
(c) Proceedings for extensions
				  of placement in Person in Need of Supervision and juvenile delinquency
				  proceedings and for permanency hearings in child protective and voluntary
				  foster care proceedings pursuant to article 10-A of the Family Court Act shall
				  bear the prefix and docket number of the original proceeding in which the
				  placement was made. Permanency hearings pursuant to Family Court Act article
				  10-A regarding children freed for adoption shall bear the prefix and docket
				  number of the proceeding or proceedings in which the child was freed: the
				  surrender and/or termination of parental rights proceedings. Permanency reports
				  submitted pursuant to article 10-A shall not be considered new
				  petitions.
(d) The
				  case docket number shall appear on the outside cover and first page to the
				  right of the caption of every paper tendered for filing in the proceeding. Each
				  such cover and first page also shall contain an indication of the county of
				  venue and a brief description of the nature of the paper and, where the case
				  has been assigned to an individual judge, shall contain the name of the
				  assigned judge to the right of the caption. In addition to complying with the
				  provisions of CPLR 2101, every paper filed in court shall have annexed thereto
				  appropriate proof of service on all parties where required, and if typewritten,
				  shall have at least double space between each line, except for quotations and
				  the names and addresses of attorneys appearing in the action, and shall have at
				  least one-inch margins. In addition, every paper filed in court, other than an
				  exhibit or printed official form promulgated in accordance with section
				  214 of the
				  Family Court Act, shall contain writing on one side only, except that papers
				  that are fastened on the side may contain writing on both sides. Papers that
				  are stapled or bound securely shall not be rejected for filing simply because
				  they are not bound with a backer of any kind.