ALBANY – Even before it is to go into effect, a new requirement that courts perform background checks in the state’s registry of orders of protection and warrants before making child custody and visitation decisions will be scaled back.
When signing legislation ( A11657/S8569) into law establishing new screening requirements, including the mandated checking of people in custody and visitation cases against the state Sex Offender Registry, Governor David A. Paterson indicated that legislative sponsors have agreed to pass an amendment limiting warrant screening to those warrants issued by Family Courts.
