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Empire Justice Urges Governor Cuomo to Sign Critical Domestic Violence Legislation
Update the Social Services Law to include protection for victims in "intimate relationships." Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Letter in Support of Bill to Protect Confidentiality
This important bill allows home based family child care providers to opt out of the requirement that their names and addresses be posted on the website of the Office of Children and Family Services. Read More |
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Empire Justice Urges Governor to Sign Bill to Improve Access to Child Care Assistance
This bill encourages applicants for and recipients of child care subsidies to obtain orders of child support, but makes clear that such applicants and recipients may not be required to obtain such orders as a condition of receiving a subsidy. Read More |
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Empire Justice Center Letter of Support for Bill to Protect DV Victims' Confidentiality
A.3468/ S.4334c would automatically require a court to temporarily order the sealing and safeguarding of a name change applicant’s identifying information, pleadings and other court records after a case is commenced under Civil Rights Law §64-a. Read More |
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Empire Justice Letter of Support - Require the Supreme Court to Assign Counsel
A 2006 letter to the Governor addressing legislation that would require the Supreme Court to assign counsel to indigent litigants when the proceeding is one over which the Family Court also has jurisdiction and there was a right to counsel, such as custody and family offense matters. (A.10447/S.8096) Read More |
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