N.Y. Family Court Act § 311.3: Petition; fact-finding hearings

§ 311.3. Petition; fact-finding hearings. 1. When two or more

respondents are charged in separate petitions with the same crime or

crimes the court shall conduct a single or consolidated fact-finding

hearing. The court, however, upon motion of a respondent or the

presentment agency, may, in its discretion and for good cause shown,

order that any respondent be granted a fact-finding hearing separate

from the other respondents. Such motion must be made within the period

prescribed in section 332.2.

2. If such petitions, in addition to charging the same crime or crimes

against the different respondents, charge other crimes not common to

all, the court may nevertheless conduct a single fact-finding hearing

for the crime or crimes common to all.