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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S04994Establishes a moratorium on the use of forensic child custody evaluators in family court proceedings by the office of court administration.
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Custody & supportcustody parenting timeAI label
↔Mixed rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 80%
Bans courts from ordering or admitting forensic custody evaluations and reports in custody or visitation proceedings until a commission's recommendations are implemented, so judges have less information from third-party experts when deciding disputes between parents.
there is hereby established a moratorium on the use of forensic child custody evaluators in family court proceedings. No court shall order or allow into evidence a forensic custody report in the context of a custody or visitation proceeding.
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Custody & supportotherAI label
=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 70%
Imposes a moratorium on forensic child custody evaluators and requires implementation of all eleven recommendations of the Blue-Ribbon commission on forensic custody evaluations before they can be reinstated.
Forensic child custody evaluators shall not be reinstated until all eleven recommendations of the Blue-Ribbon commission on forensic custody evaluations have been implemented.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill imposes a moratorium on the use of forensic child custody evaluators and their reports in custody and visitation proceedings under the domestic relations law and family court act. This affects how courts resolve disputes between parents over custody and parenting time by limiting expert evaluations, which could impact both parents' positions depending on the case; it is therefore mixed for custody-parenting-time. The commission-implementation requirement is a procedural condition with no direct change to parental rights or obligations, so neutral for other.
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