GroundRules
N.Y. Family Court Act § 624: Evidence
Where this section sits in the code
- Family Court Act
- Article 6. Permanent Termination of Parental Rights, Adoption, Guardianship and Custody
- Part 1. Permanent Termination of Parental Custody By Reason of Permanent Neglect
§ 624. Evidence. Only competent, material and relevant evidence may be
admitted in a fact-finding hearing; only material and relevant evidence
may be admitted in a dispositional hearing. Evidence of parental contact
or of failure to maintain contact with a child subsequent to the date of
the filing of a petition under this part shall be inadmissible in the
fact-finding hearing. Such evidence may be admitted in the dispositional
hearing but shall not, of itself, be sufficient as a matter of law to
preclude or require an order committing the guardianship and custody of
the child.
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