Family court established; composition; election and appointment of judges; jurisdiction

§ 13. a. The family court of the state of New York is hereby\nestablished. It shall consist of at least one judge in each county\noutside the city of New York and such number of additional judges for\nsuch counties as may be provided by law. Within the city of New York it\nshall consist of such number of judges as may be provided by law. The\njudges of the family court within the city of New York shall be\nresidents of such city and shall be appointed by the mayor of the city\nof New York for terms of ten years. The judges of the family court\noutside the city of New York, shall be chosen by the electors of the\ncounties wherein they reside for terms of ten years.\n b. The family court shall have jurisdiction over the following classes\nof actions and proceedings which shall be originated in such family\ncourt in the manner provided by law: (1) the protection, treatment,\ncorrection and commitment of those minors who are in need of the\nexercise of the authority of the court because of circumstances of\nneglect, delinquency or dependency, as the legislature may determine;\n(2) the custody of minors except for custody incidental to actions and\nproceedings for marital separation, divorce, annulment of marriage and\ndissolution of marriage; (3) the adoption of persons; (4) the support of\ndependents except for support incidental to actions and proceedings in\nthis state for marital separation, divorce, annulment of marriage or\ndissolution of marriage; (5) the establishment of paternity; (6)\nproceedings for conciliation of spouses; and (7) as may be provided by\nlaw: the guardianship of the person of minors and, in conformity with\nthe provisions of section seven of this article, crimes and offenses by\nor against minors or between spouses or between parent and child or\nbetween members of the same family or household. Nothing in this section\nshall be construed to abridge the authority or jurisdiction of courts to\nappoint guardians in cases originating in those courts.\n c. The family court shall also have jurisdiction to determine, with\nthe same powers possessed by the supreme court, the following matters\nwhen referred to the family court from the supreme court: habeas corpus\nproceedings for the determination of the custody of minors; and in\nactions and proceedings for marital separation, divorce, annulment of\nmarriage and dissolution of marriage, applications to fix temporary or\npermanent support and custody, or applications to enforce judgments and\norders of support and of custody, or applications to modify judgments\nand orders of support and of custody which may be granted only upon the\nshowing to the family court that there has been a subsequent change of\ncircumstances and that modification is required.\n d. The provisions of this section shall in no way limit or impair the\njurisdiction of the supreme court as set forth in section seven of this\narticle.\n