{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-836","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Family Court Act § 836","heading":"Adjournments","body":"§ 836. Adjournments. (a) The court may adjourn a fact-finding hearing\nor a dispositional hearing for good cause shown on its own motion or on\nmotion of either party.\n  (b) At the conclusion of a fact-finding hearing and after it has made\nfindings required before a dispositional hearing may commence, the court\nmay adjourn the proceedings to enable it to make inquiry into the\nsurroundings, conditions, and capacities of the persons involved in the\nproceedings.","path":["Family Court Act","Article 8. Family Offenses Proceedings","Part 3. Hearing"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/FCT/836","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"c6c0e29c64b97807d89b7290f8a10e96a80d5d13d8ee9d935f90145d9ccae5b0","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-835","next":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-838"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}