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New York Family Court - Part 1 - § 611 Permanently Neglected Child; Purpose of Part

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    §  611.  Permanently  neglected child; purpose of part. The purpose of
  this part is to provide the  procedures  for  proceedings  initiated  in
  family  court,  pursuant  to  section three hundred eighty-four-b of the
  social services law, for the commitment of the guardianship and  custody
  of  a  child  upon  the ground that the child is a permanently neglected
  child. As used in this part "permanently  neglected  child"  shall  mean
  permanently  neglected  child as defined in subdivision seven of section
  three hundred eighty-four-b of the social services law, and  unless  the
  context requires otherwise, the provisions of such section three hundred
  eighty-four-b shall be deemed applicable requirements in addition to the
  procedures  contained  in  this  part.  All  references  in this part to
  petitions and proceedings initiated "under this part"  shall  be  deemed
  references  to  petitions  and proceedings initiated under section three
  hundred eighty-four-b of the social services law upon  the  ground  that
  the child is a permanently neglected child.

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