{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-624","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Family Court Act § 624","heading":"Evidence","body":"§ 624. Evidence. Only competent, material and relevant evidence may be\nadmitted in a fact-finding hearing; only material and relevant evidence\nmay be admitted in a dispositional hearing. Evidence of parental contact\nor of failure to maintain contact with a child subsequent to the date of\nthe filing of a petition under this part shall be inadmissible in the\nfact-finding hearing. Such evidence may be admitted in the dispositional\nhearing but shall not, of itself, be sufficient as a matter of law to\npreclude or require an order committing the guardianship and custody of\nthe child.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/FCT/624","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"245382930bd6c31ecdf0761fa66e59f96ba4ad57bff3b5bca5d94bcd75f82a17","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-623","next":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-625"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}