N.Y. Family Court Act § 131: Number of judges

§ 131. Number of judges. The number of judges of the family court for

each county outside the city of New York shall be as follows:

(a) in each county in which there was a separate office or offices of

judge of the children's court authorized by law on the thirty-first day

of August nineteen hundred sixty-two, the number of judges of the family

court for such county shall be equal to the number of offices so

authorized except those authorized by certificate filed pursuant to

subdivision two of section four of the children's court act of the state

of New York subsequent to March first, nineteen hundred sixty-two; and,

effective May fifteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-three, there shall be a

separate office of judge of the family court for the county of Niagara;

and, effective May fifteenth, nineteen hundred sixty-three, there shall

be a separate office of judge of the family court for the county of

Ulster; and, effective January first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, there

shall be a separate office of judge of the family court for the county

of St. Lawrence; and, effective January first, nineteen hundred

sixty-five, there shall be a separate office of judge of the family

court for the county of Chautauqua; and, effective January first,

nineteen hundred sixty-seven, there shall be a separate office of judge

of the family court for the county of Oneida; and, effective January

first, nineteen hundred sixty-five, there shall be a separate office of

judge of the family court for the county of Jefferson; and, effective

January first, nineteen hundred sixty-six, there shall be a separate

office of judge of the family court for the county of Rockland:

(b) in the other counties except the counties of Chautauqua, Jefferson

and Oneida, a judge of the county court shall act as and discharge the

duties of judge of the family court;

(c) in the counties of Chautauqua, Jefferson and Oneida, upon the

expiration of the term of office of the special county judge who was

continued as a judge of the family court pursuant to section one hundred

thirty-two of this act, or if there was no special county judge in

office on the effective date of this act, a judge of the county court of

each such county shall act as and discharge the duties of judge of the

family court.

(d) In the county of Nassau there shall be nine family court judges

and the number of such judges now existing in said county is hereby

increased accordingly.

(e) In the county of Monroe there shall be six family court judges and

the number of such judges now existing in said county is hereby

increased accordingly; in the county of Erie there shall be six family

court judges and the number of such judges now existing in said county

is hereby increased accordingly. In the county of Albany there shall be

a total of three family court judges and the number of such judges now

existing in such county is hereby increased accordingly.

(f) In the county of Onondaga there shall be three additional family

court judges and the number of such judges now existing in such county

is hereby increased accordingly. The compensation of each such

additional family court judge shall be the same as the compensation of

existing family court judges in such county.

(g) There shall be a separate office of judge of the family court for

the counties of Oswego and Sullivan and the compensation payable for

each such separate office of judge of the family court shall be

twenty-five thousand dollars per annum. In the county of Saratoga there

shall be two additional family court judges and the number of such

judges now existing in such county is hereby increased accordingly. The

compensation of such additional family court judge shall be the same as

the compensation of the existing family court judge in such county.

(h) In the county of Westchester there shall be three additional

family court judges and the number of such judges now existing is hereby

increased accordingly. The compensation of each additional family court

judge shall be the same as the existing family court judge in such

county.

(i) In the county of Schenectady there shall be one additional family

court judge and the number of such judges now existing is hereby

increased accordingly. The compensation of the additional family court

judge shall be the same as the existing family court judge in such

county.

(j) In the county of Genesee there shall be one additional family

court judge and the number of such judges now existing is hereby

increased accordingly. The compensation of the additional family court

judge shall be the same as the existing family court judge in such

county.

(k) In the county of Rockland there shall be one additional family

court judge and the number of such judges now existing is hereby

increased accordingly. The compensation of the additional family court

judge shall be the same as the existing family court judge in such

county.

(l) In the county of Dutchess there shall be two additional family

court judges and the number of such judges now existing is hereby

increased accordingly. The compensation of the additional family court

judges shall be the same as the compensation paid to each of the

existing family court judges in such county pursuant to section two

hundred twenty-one-e of the judiciary law.

(m) In the county of Niagara there shall be one additional family

court judge and the number of such judges now existing is hereby

increased accordingly. The compensation of the additional family court

judge shall be the same as the existing family court judge in such

county.

(n) In the county of Ulster there shall be one additional family court

judge and the number of such judges now existing is hereby increased

accordingly. The compensation of the additional family court judge shall

be the same as the existing family court judge in such county.

(o) In the county of Oneida there shall be two additional family court

judges making a total of three family court judges in such county. The

number of such judges now existing in such county is hereby increased

accordingly. The compensation of the additional family court judges

shall be the same as the compensation of the existing family court judge

in such county.

(p) In the county of Suffolk there shall be four additional family

court judges making a total of ten family court judges in such county.

The number of such judges now existing in such county is hereby

increased accordingly. The compensation of each such family court judge

shall be the same as the compensation of existing family court judges in

such county.

(q) In the county of Rensselaer, there shall be one additional family

court judge and the number of judges now existing is hereby increased

accordingly. The compensation of the additional family court judge shall

be the same as the existing family court judge in such county.

(r) In the county of Orange there shall be three additional family

court judges, making a total of four family court judges, and the number

of such judges now existing is hereby increased accordingly. The

compensation of each such additional family court judge shall be the

same as the compensation paid to each of the existing family court

judges in such county.

(s) In the county of Broome there shall be a total of three family

court judges and the number of such judges now existing is hereby

increased accordingly. The compensation of such additional family court

judge shall be the same as the compensation paid to each of the existing

family court judges in such county.

(t) There shall be a separate office of judge of the family court for

the county of Clinton and the compensation payable for such separate

office of judge of the family court shall be the same as the

compensation payable to the judge of the county court of Clinton county.

(u) There shall be an additional family court judge for each of the

following counties: Albany, Broome, Chautauqua, Franklin, Nassau,

Oneida, Oswego, Schenectady, Suffolk, Ulster and Westchester. The

compensation of each such additional family court judge shall be the

same as the compensation paid to each existing family court judge in the

county for which it is established or, if there is no separately-elected

family court judge in such county, the same as the compensation paid to

a judge of the county court in such county.

(v) There shall be an additional family court judge for each of the

following counties: Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Monroe, and Warren. The

compensation of each such additional family court judge shall be the

same as the compensation paid to each existing family court judge in the

county for which it is established or, if there is no separately-elected

family court judge in such county, the same as the compensation paid to

a judge of the county court in such county.

(w) There shall be an additional family court judge for each of the

following counties: Albany, Chemung, Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Oneida,

Onondaga, St. Lawrence, Suffolk, and Westchester. The compensation of

each such additional family court judge shall be the same as the

compensation paid to each existing family court judge in such county or,

if there is no separately-elected family court judge in such county, the

same as the compensation paid to a judge of the county court in such

county.

(x) There shall be an additional family court judge for each of the

following counties: Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Erie, Jefferson,

Rensselaer, Rockland and Westchester. Moreover, there shall be two

additional family court judges from the county of Suffolk and there

shall be two additional family court judges from the county of Nassau.

The compensation of each such additional family court judge shall be the

same as the compensation paid to each existing family court judge in

such county or, if there is no separately-elected family court judge in

such county, the same as the compensation paid to a judge of the county

court in such county.