New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 22 - JUDICIARY
Subtitle B - Courts
Chapter IV - Supreme Court
Subchapter D - Fourth Judicial Department
Article 1 - Appellate Division
Subarticle B - Special Rules
Part 1032 - Operation of Attorneys for Children Program
Section 1032.1 - Office of attorneys for children; attorneys for children director

Universal Citation: 22 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs § 1032.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

(a) An office of attorneys for children for the Fourth Judicial Department is established to ensure the provision of the highest quality of representation for children and to administer the attorneys for children program in a manner sensitive to local needs.

(b) The function of the office for attorneys for children shall be to provide continuing administrative direction to the attorneys for children program in the Fourth Judicial Department and to secure the cooperation of local bar associations, law schools and governmental agencies in order to achieve the goal specified in subdivision (a) of this section.

(c) The office of attorneys for children shall be administered by an attorneys for children director who shall be appointed by the Appellate Division and supervised by the presiding justice. The duties of the attorneys for children director shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1) to administer the office of attorneys for children in accordance with the law and these rules;

(2) with the approval of the presiding justice and in consultation with the Fourth Department attorneys for children advisory committee, to implement standards, guidelines and procedures for the improvement of the attorneys for children program in the Fourth Judicial Department;

(3) in conjunction with local family courts, local bar associations, law schools or any other competent organization and in consultation with the Fourth Department attorneys for children advisory committee, to provide a continuing program of attorneys for children training and education that will allow applicant attorneys to satisfy requirements for designation to the panel, and improve and maintain the professional competence of attorneys for children; and

(4) to consult with the attorneys for children directors in the First, Second and Third Judicial Departments and with the Office of Court Administration to coordinate the operation of the programs in each department; and

(5) to prepare the annual report on the operation of the attorneys for children program in the Fourth Judicial Department.

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