New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle H - DIVISION OF PROBATION AND CORRECTIONAL ALTERNATIVES
Chapter I - ADMINISTRATION OF PROBATION
Part 354 - Intake
Section 354.8 - Procedures for child support and paternity referral services at intake
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Probation intake shall provide for and render child support and establishment of paternity referral services pursuant to section 256(6)(a) of the Executive Law and, except as provided in subdivision (d) of this section, shall make an immediate referral of a potential petitioner to the child support enforcement unit of a local department of social services where:
(b) Upon a determination that a referral should be made, probation intake shall make all such referrals in accordance with referral guidelines that may be adopted by the State Director of Probation and Correctional Alternatives from time to time.
(c) A record of each case in which a potential petitioner is rendered child support or paternity referral services shall, at the minimum, be maintained in a referral log.
(d) Notwithstanding the previous subdivisions, the case shall be referred for petition immediately whenever the potential petitioner insists upon access to the court.