§ 1052. Disposition on adjudication. (a) At the conclusion of a\ndispositional hearing under this article, the court shall enter an order\nof disposition directing one or more of the following:\n (i) suspending judgment in accord with section one thousand\nfifty-three of this part; or\n (ii) releasing the child to a non-respondent parent or parents or\nlegal custodian or custodians or guardian or guardians, who is not or\nare not respondents in the proceeding, in accord with section one\nthousand fifty-four of this part; or\n (iii) placing the child in accord with section one thousand fifty-five\nof this part; or\n (iv) making an order of protection in accord with section one thousand\nfifty-six of this part; or\n (v) releasing the child to the respondent or respondents or placing\nthe respondent or respondents under supervision, or both, in accord with\nsection one thousand fifty-seven of this part; or\n (vi) granting custody of the child to a respondent parent or parents,\na relative or relatives or a suitable person or persons pursuant to\narticle six of this act and section one thousand fifty-five-b of this\npart; or\n (vii) granting custody of the child to a non-respondent parent or\nparents pursuant to article six of this act.\n However, the court shall not enter an order of disposition combining\nplacement of the child under paragraph (iii) of this subdivision with a\ndisposition under paragraph (i) or (ii) of this subdivision. An order\ngranting custody of the child pursuant to paragraph (vi) or (vii) of\nthis subdivision shall not be combined with any other disposition under\nthis subdivision.\n (b) (i) The order of the court shall state the grounds for any\ndisposition made under this section. If the court places the child in\naccord with section one thousand fifty-five of this part, the court in\nits order shall determine:\n (A) whether continuation in the child's home would be contrary to the\nbest interests of the child and where appropriate, that reasonable\nefforts were made prior to the date of the dispositional hearing held\npursuant to this article to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of\nthe child from his or her home and if the child was removed from the\nhome prior to the date of such hearing, that such removal was in the\nchild's best interests and, where appropriate, reasonable efforts were\nmade to make it possible for the child to safely return home. If the\ncourt determines that reasonable efforts to prevent or eliminate the\nneed for removal of the child from the home were not made but that the\nlack of such efforts was appropriate under the circumstances, the court\norder shall include such a finding, or if the permanency plan for the\nchild is adoption, guardianship or another permanent living arrangement\nother than reunification with the parent or parents of the child, the\ncourt order shall include a finding that reasonable efforts, including\nconsideration of appropriate in-state and out-of-state placements, are\nbeing made to make and finalize such alternate permanent placement.\n For the purpose of this section, reasonable efforts to prevent or\neliminate the need for removing the child from the home of the child or\nto make it possible for the child to return safely to the home of the\nchild shall not be required where, upon motion with notice by the social\nservices official, the court determines that:\n (1) the parent of such child has subjected the child to aggravated\ncircumstances, as defined in subdivision (j) of section one thousand\ntwelve of this article;\n (2) the parent of such child has been convicted of (i) murder in the\nfirst degree as defined in section 125.27 or murder in the second degree\nas defined in section 125.25 of the penal law and the victim was another\nchild of the parent; or (ii) manslaughter in the first degree as defined\nin section 125.20 or manslaughter in the second degree as defined in\nsection 125.15 of the penal law and the victim wa
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