N.Y. Family Court Act § 1052-c: Duty to report investigations to locate non-respondent parents or relatives

§ 1052-c. Duty to report investigations to locate non-respondent

parents or relatives. Upon a determination by the court to enter an

order of disposition placing the child in accordance with section one

thousand fifty-five of this part, the court shall immediately require

the local social services district to report to the court the results of

any investigation to locate any non-respondent parent or relatives of

the child, including all of the child's grandparents, all suitable

relatives identified by any respondent parent and any non-respondent

parent and all relatives identified by a child over the age of five as

relatives who play or have played a significant positive role in the

child's life, as required pursuant to section one thousand seventeen of

the article. Such report shall include whether any non-respondent

parent has expressed an interest in seeking custody of the child or

whether any relative who has been located has expressed an interest in

becoming a foster parent for the child or in seeking custody or care of

the child.