§ 252. Effect of pendency of action for divorce, separation or\nannulment on petition for order of protection. 1. In an action for\ndivorce, separation or annulment or in an action to declare the nullity\nof a void marriage in the supreme court, the supreme court or the family\ncourt shall entertain an application for an order of protection or\ntemporary order of protection by either party. Such an order may require\nany party:\n (a) to stay away from the home, school, business or place of\nemployment of the child, other parent or any other party, and to stay\naway from any other specific location designated by the court;\n (b) to permit a parent, or a person entitled to visitation by a court\norder or a separation agreement, to visit the child at stated periods;\n (c) to refrain from committing a family offense, as defined in\nsubdivision one of section 530.11 of the criminal procedure law, or any\ncriminal offense against such child or against the other parent or\nagainst any person to whom custody of the child is awarded or from\nharassing, intimidating or threatening such persons;\n (d) to permit a designated party to enter the residence during a\nspecified period of time in order to remove personal belongings not in\nissue in a proceeding or action under this chapter or the family court\nact;\n (e) to refrain from acts of commission or omission that create an\nunreasonable risk to the health, safety or welfare of a child;\n (f) to pay the reasonable counsel fees and disbursements involved in\nobtaining or enforcing the order of the person who is protected by such\norder if such order is issued or enforced;\n (g) to refrain from intentionally injuring or killing, without\njustification, any companion animal the respondent knows to be owned,\npossessed, leased, kept or held by the person protected by the order or\na minor child residing in such person's household. "Companion animal,"\nas used in this section, shall have the same meaning as in subdivision\nfive of section three hundred fifty of the agriculture and markets law;\n (h) (1) to promptly return specified identification documents to the\nprotected party, in whose favor the order of protection or temporary\norder of protection is issued; provided, however, that such order may:\n(A) include any appropriate provision designed to ensure that any such\ndocument is available for use as evidence in this proceeding, and\navailable if necessary for legitimate use by the party against whom such\norder is issued; and (B) specify the manner in which such return shall\nbe accomplished.\n (2) For purposes of this paragraph, "identification document" shall\nmean any of the following: (A) exclusively in the name of the protected\nparty: birth certificate, passport, social security card, health\ninsurance or other benefits card, a card or document used to access\nbank, credit or other financial accounts or records, tax returns, any\ndriver's license, and immigration documents including but not limited to\na United States permanent resident card and employment authorization\ndocument; and (B) upon motion and after notice and an opportunity to be\nheard, any of the following, including those that may reflect joint use\nor ownership, that the court determines are necessary and are\nappropriately transferred to the protected party: any card or document\nused to access bank, credit or other financial accounts or records, tax\nreturns, and any other identifying cards and documents;\n (i) (1) to refrain from remotely controlling any connected devices\naffecting the home, vehicle or property of the person protected by the\norder.\n (2) For purposes of this paragraph, "connected device" shall mean any\ndevice, or other physical object that is capable of connecting to the\ninternet, directly or indirectly, and that is assigned an internet\nprotocol address or bluetooth address; and\n (j) to observe such other conditions as are necessary to further the\npurposes of protection.\n
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