{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-741-a","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Family Court Act § 741-a","heading":"Notice and right to be heard","body":"§ 741-a. Notice and right to be heard. The foster parent caring for\nthe child or any pre-adoptive parent or relative providing care for the\nrespondent shall be provided with notice of any permanency hearing held\npursuant to this article by the social services official. Such foster\nparent, pre-adoptive parent or relative shall have the right to be heard\nat any such hearing; provided, however, no such foster parent,\npre-adoptive parent or relative shall be construed to be a party to the\nhearing solely on the basis of such notice and right to be heard. The\nfailure of the foster parent, pre-adoptive parent, or relative caring\nfor the child to appear at a permanency hearing shall constitute a\nwaiver of the right to be heard and such failure to appear shall not\ncause a delay of the permanency hearing nor shall such failure to appear\nbe a ground for the invalidation of any order issued by the court\npursuant to this section.","path":["Family Court Act","Article 7. Proceedings Concerning Whether a Person Is In Need of Supervision","Part 4. Hearings"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/FCT/741-A","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"2088de88654170e525a58436bd0cc174864cffa92588e64b08eddc7986e14509","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-741","next":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-742"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}