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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S01667Prohibits forensic child custody evaluators who have been terminated for cause from appearing as an expert witness in family court custody and visitation proceedings.
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=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 80%
Prohibits courts from using expert testimony or reports from forensic child custody evaluators who have been removed from the panel for cause (or who stepped down or settled), making it harder for such discredited evaluators to influence custody and visitation decisions between parents.
No court shall permit a forensic child custody evaluator to appear as an expert witness nor shall such court order or allow into evidence a forensic custody report prepared by such forensic child custody evaluator, in the context of a custody or visitation proceeding, when such forensic child custody evaluator has been removed from the panel of forensic custody evaluators by the mental health professionals certification committee or other supervisory body
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds identical provisions to the domestic relations law and family court act that bar courts from admitting testimony or reports by forensic child custody evaluators who have been removed from the approved panel for cause (or who voluntarily stepped down or settled a matter leading to removal). This is a procedural rule on the admissibility of expert evidence in private custody and visitation disputes between parents; it does not alter any substantive standard, presumption, right or obligation regarding custody, parenting time, support, paternity or alimony, so the net effect on the '
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