N.Y. Family Court Act § 1087: Definitions

§ 1087. Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms

shall have the following meanings:

(a) "Child" shall mean a person under the age of eighteen who is

placed in foster care pursuant to section three hundred fifty-eight-a,

three hundred eighty-four or three hundred eighty-four-a of the social

services law or pursuant to section one thousand twenty-two, one

thousand twenty-seven, one thousand fifty-two, one thousand eighty-nine,

one thousand ninety-one, one thousand ninety-four or one thousand

ninety-five of this act; or directly placed with a relative pursuant to

section one thousand seventeen or one thousand fifty-five of this act;

or who has been freed for adoption or a person between the ages of

eighteen and twenty-one who has consented to continuation in foster care

or trial discharge status; or a former foster care youth under the age

of twenty-one for whom a court has granted a motion to permit the former

foster care youth to return to the custody of the local commissioner of

social services or other officer, board or department authorized to

receive children as public charges.

(b) "Child freed for adoption" shall mean a person whose custody and

guardianship has been committed to an authorized agency pursuant to

section three hundred eighty-three-c, three hundred eighty-four, or

three hundred eighty-four-b of the social services law. Such category

shall include a person whose parent or parents have died during the

period in which the child was in foster care and for whom there is no

surviving parent who would be entitled to notice or consent pursuant to

section one hundred eleven or one hundred eleven-a of the domestic

relations law. Such category shall not include a child who has been

freed for adoption with respect to one parent but who has another parent

whose consent to an adoption is required pursuant to section one hundred

eleven of the domestic relations law.

(c) "Foster care" shall mean care provided by an authorized agency to

a child in a foster family, free or boarding home; agency boarding home;

group home; child care institution, health care facility or any

combination thereof.

(d) "Agency" means an authorized agency as defined in paragraphs (a)

and (b) of subdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of the

social services law, to which the care and custody or custody and

guardianship of a child has been transferred or committed.

(e) "Permanency hearing report" shall mean a sworn report submitted by

the social services district to the court and the parties prior to each

permanency hearing regarding the health and well-being of the child, the

reasonable efforts that have been made since the last hearing to promote

permanency for the child, and the recommended permanency plan for the

child.