{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-550","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Family Court Act § 550","heading":"Temporary order of protection","body":"§ 550. Temporary order of protection. (a) Upon the filing of a\npetition or counter-claim under this article, the court for good cause\nshown may issue a temporary order of protection which may contain any of\nthe provisions authorized on the making of an order of protection under\nsection five hundred fifty-one.\n  (b) A temporary order of protection is not a finding of wrongdoing.\n  (c) The court may issue or extend a temporary order of protection ex\nparte or on notice simultaneously with the issuance of a warrant\ndirecting that the respondent be arrested and brought before the court\npursuant to section five hundred twenty-six of this article.\n  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, an order of protection, or\ntemporary order of protection where applicable, may be entered against a\nformer spouse and persons who have a child in common, regardless of\nwhether such persons have been married or have lived together at any\ntime, or against a member of the same family or household as defined in\nsubdivision one of section eight hundred twelve of this act.","path":["Family Court Act","Article 5. Paternity Proceedings","Part 4. Orders"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/FCT/550","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"2c82934920fd6626b68fa9f33aecff05789205ec45bf44aff54a84849b45b292","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-549","next":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-551"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}