N.Y. Family Court Act § 1011 (2026)

§ 1011. Purpose. This article is designed to establish procedures to
help protect children from injury or mistreatment and to help safeguard
their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It is designed to
provide a due process of law for determining when the state, through its
family court, may intervene against the wishes of a parent on behalf of
a child so that his needs are properly met.