{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-771","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Family Court Act § 771","heading":"Discontinuation of treatment by agency or institution","body":"§ 771. Discontinuation of treatment by agency or institution.  If an\nauthorized agency in which a person is placed under section seven\nhundred fifty-six\n  (a) discontinues or suspends its work; or\n  (b) is unwilling to continue to care for the person for the reason\nthat support by the state of New York or one of its political\nsubdivisions has been discontinued; or\n  (c) so fundamentally alters its program that the person can no longer\nbenefit from it, the person shall be returned by the agency to the court\nwhich entered the order of placement.","path":["Family Court Act","Article 7. Proceedings Concerning Whether a Person Is In Need of Supervision","Part 7. Compliance With Orders"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/FCT/771","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"7c475c02ae1f89bafd1ad2c92a301235f3a2c8e2e3e9400c55f4796a4efcc619","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-768","next":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-772"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}