N.Y. Family Court Act § 755: Suspended judgment

§ 755. Suspended judgment. (a) Rules of court shall define permissible

terms and conditions of a suspended judgment. The court may order as a

condition of a suspended judgment restitution or services for public

good pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-eight-a, and, except when

the respondent has been assigned to a facility in accordance with

subdivision four of section five hundred four of the executive law, in

cases wherein the record indicates that the consumption of alcohol by

the respondent may have been a contributing factor, the court may order

attendance at and completion of an alcohol awareness program established

pursuant to section 19.25 of the mental hygiene law.

(b) The maximum duration of any term or condition of a suspended

judgment is one year, unless the court finds at the conclusion of that

period that exceptional circumstances require an additional period of

one year.