§ 1015-A — Court-ordered services

§ 1015-a. Court-ordered services. In any proceeding under this\narticle, the court may order a social services official to provide or\narrange for the provision of services or assistance to the child and\ntheir family to facilitate the protection of the child, the\nrehabilitation of the family and, as appropriate, the discharge of the\nchild from foster care. Such order shall not include the provision of\nany service or assistance to the child and their family which is not\nauthorized or required to be made available pursuant to the\ncomprehensive annual services program plan then in effect. In any order\nissued pursuant to this section the court may require a social services\nofficial to make periodic progress reports to the court on the\nimplementation of such order. Nothing in such order shall preclude any\nparty from exercising its rights under this article or any other\nprovision of law relating to the return of the care and custody of the\nchild by a social services official to the parent, parents or guardian.\nViolation of such order shall be subject to punishment pursuant to\nsection seven hundred fifty-three of the judiciary law. Such order\nrelating to services for a child placed in foster care shall be\nenforceable after such child is discharged from foster care pursuant to\nsubdivision (d) of section one thousand eighty-eight of this act.\n