§ 651. Jurisdiction over habeas corpus proceedings and petitions for\ncustody and visitation of minors. (a) When referred from the supreme\ncourt or county court to the family court, the family court has\njurisdiction to determine, in accordance with subdivisions one and one-c\nof section two hundred forty of the domestic relations law and with the\nsame powers possessed by the supreme court in addition to its own\npowers, habeas corpus proceedings and proceedings brought by petition\nand order to show cause, for the determination of the custody or\nvisitation of minors.\n (b) When initiated in the family court, the family court has\njurisdiction to determine, in accordance with subdivision one of section\ntwo hundred forty of the domestic relations law and with the same powers\npossessed by the supreme court in addition to its own powers, habeas\ncorpus proceedings and proceedings brought by petition and order to show\ncause, for the determination of the custody or visitation of minors,\nincluding applications by a grandparent or grandparents for visitation\nor custody rights pursuant to section seventy-two or two hundred forty\nof the domestic relations law.\n (c) When initiated in the family court pursuant to a petition under\npart eight of article ten of this act or section three hundred\nfifty-eight-a of the social services law, the family court has\njurisdiction to enforce or modify orders or judgments of the supreme\ncourt relating to the visitation of minors in foster care,\nnotwithstanding any limitation contained in subdivision (b) of section\nfour hundred sixty-seven of this act.\n (c-1) Where a proceeding filed pursuant to article ten or ten-A of\nthis act is pending at the same time as a proceeding brought in the\nfamily court pursuant to this article, the court presiding over the\nproceeding under article ten or ten-A of this act may jointly hear the\nhearing on the custody and visitation petition under this article and\nthe dispositional hearing on the petition under article ten or the\npermanency hearing under article ten-A of this act; provided, however,\nthe court must determine the custody and visitation petition in\naccordance with the terms of this article.\n (d) With respect to applications by a grandparent or grandparents for\nvisitation or custody rights, made pursuant to section seventy-two or\ntwo hundred forty of the domestic relations law, with a child remanded\nor placed in the care of a person, official, agency or institution\npursuant to the provisions of article ten of this act, the applicant, in\nsuch manner as the court shall prescribe, shall serve a copy of the\napplication upon the social services official having care and custody of\nsuch child, and the child's attorney, who shall be afforded an\nopportunity to be heard thereon.\n (e) 1. Permanent and initial temporary orders of custody or\nvisitation. Prior to the issuance of any permanent or initial temporary\norder of custody or visitation, the court shall conduct a review of the\ndecisions and reports listed in paragraph three of this subdivision.\n 2. Successive temporary orders of custody or visitation. Prior to the\nissuance of any successive temporary order of custody or visitation, the\ncourt shall conduct a review of the decisions and reports listed in\nparagraph three of this subdivision, unless such a review has been\nconducted within ninety days prior to the issuance of such order.\n 3. Decisions and reports for review. The court shall conduct a review\nof the following:\n (i) related decisions in court proceedings initiated pursuant to\narticle ten of this act, and all warrants issued under this act; and\n (ii) reports of the statewide computerized registry of orders of\nprotection established and maintained pursuant to section two hundred\ntwenty-one-a of the executive law, and reports of the sex offender\nregistry established and maintained pursuant to section one hundred\nsixty-eight-b of the correction law.\n 4.
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