N.Y. Family Court Act § 1048: Adjournments

§ 1048. Adjournments. (a) The court may adjourn a fact-finding hearing

or a dispositional hearing for good cause shown on its own motion, or on

motion of the corporation counsel, county attorney or district attorney,

or on motion of the petitioner or on motion of the child or on his

behalf or of the parent or other person legally responsible for the care

of the child. If so requested by the parent or other person legally

responsible for the care of the child, the court shall not proceed with

a fact-finding hearing earlier than three days after service of summons

and petition, unless emergency medical or surgical procedures are

necessary to safeguard the life or health of the child.

(b) At the conclusion of a fact-finding hearing and after the court

has made findings required before a dispositional hearing may commence,

the court may on its own motion or motion of the respondent, the

petitioner or the child's attorney order a reasonable adjournment of the

proceedings to enable the court to make inquiry into the surroundings,

conditions and capacities of the persons involved in the proceedings.

(c) Whenever a child has been remanded to the care of an agency or

institution under section ten hundred fifty-one of this article, notice

of any dispositional hearing shall be served upon the agency or

institution with whom the child was placed and upon the agency

supervising the care of the child on behalf of the agency with whom the

child was placed. Service of notice of the adjourned hearing shall be

made in such manner and on such notice as the court may, in its

discretion, prescribe. Any such agency or institution served with notice

pursuant to this subdivision may apply to the court for leave to be

heard.