§ 1017. Placement of children. 1. In any proceeding under this\narticle, when the court determines that a child must be removed from his\nor her home, pursuant to part two of this article, or placed, pursuant\nto section one thousand fifty-five of this article:\n (a) the court shall direct the local commissioner of social services\nto conduct an immediate investigation to locate any non-respondent\nparent of the child and any relatives of the child, including all of the\nchild's grandparents, all relatives or suitable persons identified by\nany respondent parent or any non-respondent parent and any relative\nidentified by a child over the age of five as a relative who plays or\nhas played a significant positive role in his or her life. The local\ncommissioner shall inform them in writing of the pendency of the\nproceeding and of the opportunity for non-respondent parents to seek\ntemporary release of the child under this article or custody under\narticle six of this act or for relatives to seek to become foster\nparents or to provide free care under this article or to seek custody\npursuant to article six of this act; or for suitable persons to become\nfoster parents or provide free care under this article or to seek\nguardianship pursuant to article six of this act. Uniform statewide\nrules of court shall specify the contents of the notice consistent with\nthe provisions of this section. The local commissioner of social\nservices shall report the results of such investigation, or\ninvestigations to the court and parties, including the attorney for the\nchild. The local commissioner shall also record the results of the\ninvestigation or investigations, including, but not limited to, the\nname, last known address, social security number, employer's address and\nany other identifying information to the extent known regarding any\nnon-respondent parent, in the uniform case record maintained pursuant to\nsection four hundred nine-f of the social services law. For the purpose\nof this section, "non-respondent parent" shall include a person entitled\nto notice of the pendency of the proceeding and of the right to\nintervene as an interested party pursuant to subdivision (d) of section\none thousand thirty-five of this article, and a non-custodial parent\nentitled to notice and the right to enforce visitation rights pursuant\nto subdivision (e) of section one thousand thirty-five of this article.\n (b) The court shall also direct the local commissioner of social\nservices to conduct an investigation to locate any person who is not\nrecognized to be the child's legal parent and does not have the rights\nof a legal parent under the laws of the state of New York but who (i)\nhas filed with a putative father registry an instrument acknowledging\nparentage of the child, pursuant to section 4-1.2 of the estates, powers\nand trusts law, or (ii) has a pending parentage petition, or (iii) has\nbeen identified as a parent of the child by the child's other parent in\na written sworn statement. The local commissioner of social services\nshall report the results of such investigation to the court and parties,\nincluding the attorney for the child.\n (c) The court shall determine:\n (i) whether there is a non-respondent parent, relative or suitable\nperson with whom such child may appropriately reside; and\n (ii) in the case of a relative or suitable person, whether such\nindividual seeks approval as a foster parent pursuant to the social\nservices law for the purposes of providing care for such child, or\nwishes to provide free care for the child during the pendency of any\norders pursuant to this article.\n 2. The court shall, upon receipt of the report of the investigation\nordered pursuant to subdivision one of this section:\n (a) where the court, after a review of the reports of the sex offender\nregistry established and maintained pursuant to section one hundred\nsixty-eight-b of the correction law, reports of the statewide\ncomputeri
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