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New York Child Custody and Visitation Forms

• Petition for (Custody) (Visitation)
  Use this form to request child custody or visitation rights. (Form GF-17).
• Order Directing (Custody) (Visitation)
  This form is used by the judge giving orders that custody or visitation rights be awarded. (GF-18).
• Petition for Transfer of Proceeding Concerning an Indian Child
  Use this form to request the transfer of a court case concerning the custody of a Native America child to the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe. (Form GF-19).
• Order of Transfer of Proceeding Concerning an Indian Child
  Here the judge gives the order that a case concerning a Native American child shall be transferred to a tribal court or not. (GF-20).
• Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
  Use this form to request a Writ of Habeas Corpus (to challenge a judgment already made). Here you ask the judge for your ex spouse to bring the child(ren) to court in order that you may be given the custody or visitation rights to the child(ren). (GF-22).
• Writ of Habeas Corpus
  This is an order of Writ of Habeas Corpus (to challenge a judgment already made), commanding the respondent to bring the child(ren) to court, in order that a petitioner be given the custody or visitation rights of the child(ren). (Form GF-23).
• Motion For An Order That Reasonable Efforts Are Not Required
  This form is a notice that a request has been made that reunification of the child(ren) with the parents are no longer necessary and the hearing on this issue will be on the scheduled date. (Form GF-36a).
• Affidavit In Support Of Motion For An Order That Reasonable Efforts Are Not Required
  Use this affidavit to give support to the request made to the court to reunify the child(ren) with the specified parent is not required. (Form GF-36b).
• Order On Motion For An Order That Reasonable Efforts Are Not Required
  The judge will use this form to give an order denying or granting the request that reasonable efforts to reunite the child(ren) with the parent(s) is not required. (GF-37).
• Petition For Modification Of Order Of Custody Visitation
  Use this form to request the court to give the order to modify an order of child custody or visitation rights. (GF-40).

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