S 8085: Increases the timeframe for guardianship hearings to thirty-five days.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8085 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 15, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to extending the hearing requirement in guardianship matters from 28 days to 35 days The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (b) of section 81.07 of the 2 mental hygiene law, as amended by chapter 438 of the laws of 2004, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. set the date on which the order to show cause is heard no more than 5 [twenty-eight] thirty-five days from the date of the signing of the 6 order to show cause. The court may for good cause shown set a date less 7 than [twenty-eight] thirty-five days from the date of the signing of the 8 order to show cause. The date of the hearing may be adjourned only for 9 good cause shown; 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13155-01-5