{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-1011","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Family Court Act § 1011","heading":"Purpose","body":"§ 1011. Purpose. This article is designed to establish procedures to\nhelp protect children from injury or mistreatment and to help safeguard\ntheir physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It is designed to\nprovide a due process of law for determining when the state, through its\nfamily court, may intervene against the wishes of a parent on behalf of\na child so that his needs are properly met.","path":["Family Court Act","Article 10. Child Protective Proceedings","Part 1. Jurisdiction"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/FCT/1011","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"908e6d1c468327af5e4eb662612e3f9e94ca0d2e48a464d0b4b7cc687e033ef8","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-926","next":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-1012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}