{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-1086","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Family Court Act § 1086","heading":"Purpose","body":"§ 1086. Purpose. The purpose of this article is to establish uniform\nprocedures for permanency hearings for all children who are placed in\nfoster care pursuant to section three hundred fifty-eight-a, three\nhundred eighty-four or three hundred eighty-four-a of the social\nservices law or pursuant to section one thousand twenty-two, one\nthousand twenty-seven, one thousand fifty-two, one thousand eighty-nine,\none thousand ninety-one, one thousand ninety-four or one thousand\nninety-five of this act; children who are directly placed with a\nrelative pursuant to section one thousand seventeen or one thousand\nfifty-five of this act; and children who are freed for adoption. It is\nmeant to provide children placed out of their homes timely and effective\njudicial review that promotes permanency, safety and well-being in their\nlives.","path":["Family Court Act","Article 10-A. Permanency Hearings For Children Placed Out of Their Homes"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/FCT/1086","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"fc914ca2ca1ac62b4a930d1bb63c5953de5a7ac5dd209ba561aaccd83baa90ce","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-1085","next":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-1087"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}