Select New York Statutes
Domestic Relations Law (DRL)
Family Court Act (FCA)
Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR)
Estates, Powers, Trusts Law (EPTL)
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)
Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA)
Below are a compilation of various statutes. No guarantee is made that the statutes are current, and case law is always changing.
Domestic Relations Law (DRL)
DRL 5 Incestuous and void marriages
DLR 5A Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
DRL 6 Void Marriages
DRL 7 Voidable Marriages
DRL 15-a Marriages of minors under fourteen years of age
DRL 70 Habeas corpus for child detained by parent
DRL 140 Action for judgment declaring nullity of void marriages or annulling voidable marriage
DRL 141 Action to annul marriage on ground of incurable mental illness for five years
DRL 142 Dismissal of complaint in action by next friend to annul a marriage.
DRL 143 Jury trial.
DRL 144 Proof Required
DRL 146 Judgment, how far conclusive
DRL 170 Action for divorce
DRL 171 When divorce denied, although adultery proved
DRL 173 Jury trial for divorce grounds
DRL 177 Prerequisites for divorce
DRL 200 Action for separation
DRL 210 Limitations on divorce or separation
DRL 211 Pleadings proof and motions
DRL 220 Dissolution of marriage on ground of absence
DRL 221 Procedure for dissolution of marriage on ground of absence
DRL 230 Required residence of parties
DRL 232 Notice of nature of matrimonial action; proof of service
DRL 234 Title to or occupancy and possession of property
DRL 236B New actions or proceedings (equitable distribution and maintenance)
DRL 237 Counsel fees and expenses
DRL 238 Counsel fees in enforcement proceedings
DRL 240 Custody and child support; orders of protection
DRL 240-a Judgment of decree; additional provisions
DRL 240-b Order of support by parent
DRL 240-c Review and cost of living adjustment of child support orders
DRL 248 Modification of judgment or order in action for divorce or annulment
DRL 253 Removal of barriers to remarriage
DRL 255 Prerequisites for judgments under articles nine, ten and eleven
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Family Court Act (FCA)
FCA 412 Married person's duty to support spouse
FCA 413 Parent's duty to support child
FCA 413-a Review and cost of living adjustment for child support orders.
FCA 415 Duties to support recipient of public assistance or welfare and patients in institutions in the department of mental hygiene
FCA 461 Duty to support child after separation agreement, separation, or termination of marriage.
FCA 1028 Application to return child temporarily removed
FCA 1044 Definition of "fact-finding hearing"
FCA 1045 Definition of "dispositional hearing"
FCA 1046 Evidence
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Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR)
CPLR 304 Method of commencing action or special proceeding
CPLR 306-a Index number in an action commenced in supreme or county court
CPLR 306-b Service of the summons and complaint, summons with notice
CPLR 308 Personal service upon a natural person
CPLR 2201 Stay
CPLR 2221 Motion affecting prior order (motion to renew & motion to reargue)
CPLR 3011 Kinds of Pleadings (Complaint, Answer & Reply)
CPLR 3014 Statements of Pleadings
CPLR 3016(c) Pleadings in Divorce or Separation
CPLR 3018 Responsive Pleadings (denials, affirmative defenses)
CPLR 3019 Counterclaims and Cross-claims
CPLR 3020 Verification
CPLR 3021 Form of affidavit of verification
CPLR 3026 Liberal construction of pleadings
CPLR 3110 Where the deposition is to be taken within the state
CPLR 3111 Production of things at the examination
CPLR 3112 Errors in notice for taking depositions
CPLR 3113 Conduct of examination
CPLR 3114 Examination of witness who does not understand the English language
CPLR 3115 Objections to qualification of person taking deposition, competency, questions and answers
CPLR 3116 Signing deposition, physical preparation, copies
CPLR 3117 Use of Depositions
CPLR 3120 Notice for discovery and inspection
CPLR 3124 Failure to disclose, motion to compel discovery
CPLR 3125 Place where motion to compel disclosure made
CPLR 3126 Penalties for refusal to comply with order or to disclose
CPLR 3130 Use of interrogatories
CPLR 3131 Scope of interrogatories
CPLR 3132 Service of interrogatories
CPLR 3133 Service of answers or objections to interrogatories
CPLR 3211 Motion to dismiss
CPLR 3212 Motion for summary judgment
CPLR 4502 Spouse: Incompetency to testify where issue adultery
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Estate Powers Trusts Law (EPTL)
EPTL 4-1.1 Decent and distribution of a decedent's estate
EPLT 5-1.1-A Right of election by surviving spouse
EPLT 5-1.2 Disqualification as surviving spouse
EPTL 5-1.4 Revocatory effect of divorce, annulment or declaration of nullity, or dissolution of marriage on disposition, appointment or other provision in will to former spouse
EPTL 5-3.1 Exemption for benefit of family
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Interstate Custody and Relocation
UCCJEA Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
PKPA Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act
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