§ 101 Liability of relatives to support
§ 101-A Proceedings to compel support by persons in need thereof
§ 102 Powers of public welfare officials to bring and defend suits
§ 103 Seizure of property of persons liable for support
§ 104 Recovery from a person discovered to have property
§ 104-A Transfer of property for the purpose of qualifying for assistance; presumption
§ 104-B Liens for public assistance and care on claims and suits for personal injuries
§ 105 Claim on insurance
§ 106-A Exemption from payment of fees for instruments affecting real or personal property; exemption of mortgages from mortgage recording tax
§ 106-B Adjustment for incorrect payments
§ 106-C Crediting of overpayment of tax to obligation of public assistance recipients
§ 107 Disposal of seized property and penalties collected
§ 108 Appointment of guardians for minors; notice of accounting
§ 109 Trust funds to be established
§ 110-A Special provisions for legal services to enforce support to recover costs of public assistance and care and to establish paternity
§ 110-B Recovery from a person discovered to have property; notice
§ 111 Functions of the department

Terms Used In New York Laws > Social Services > Article 3 > Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support

  • Affected employees: means employees who may reasonably be expected to experience an employment loss as a consequence of a proposed plant closing or mass layoff by their employer. See N.Y. Labor Law 860-A
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of labor. See N.Y. Labor Law 861-B
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Construction: means constructing, reconstructing, altering, maintaining, moving, rehabilitating, repairing, renovating or demolition of any building, structure, or improvement, or relating to the excavation of or other development or improvement to land. See N.Y. Labor Law 861-B
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contractor: includes a general contractor and a subcontractor. See N.Y. Labor Law 861-B
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the department of labor. See N.Y. Labor Law 861-B
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Employer: means any business enterprise that employs fifty or more employees, excluding part-time employees, or fifty or more employees that work in the aggregate at least two thousand hours per week. See N.Y. Labor Law 860-A
  • Employer: means any contractor that employs individuals deemed employees under this article. See N.Y. Labor Law 861-B
  • Employment loss: means :
    (a) an employment termination, other than a discharge for cause, voluntary departure, or retirement;
    (b) a mass layoff exceeding six months;
    (c) a reduction in hours of work of more than fifty percent during each month of any consecutive six-month period. See N.Y. Labor Law 860-A
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mass layoff: means a reduction in force which:
    (a) is not the result of a plant closing; and
    (b) results in an employment loss at a single site of employment during any thirty-day period for:
    (i) at least thirty-three percent of the employees (excluding part-time employees); and
    (ii) at least twenty-five employees (excluding part-time employees); or
    (iii) at least two hundred fifty employees (excluding part-time employees). See N.Y. Labor Law 860-A
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Plant closing: means the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single site of employment, or one or more facilities or operating units within a single site of employment, if the shutdown results in an employment loss at the single site of employment during any thirty-day period for twenty-five or more employees (other than part-time employees). See N.Y. Labor Law 860-A
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Relocation: means the removal of all or substantially all of the industrial or commercial operations of an employer to a different location fifty miles or more away. See N.Y. Labor Law 860-A
  • Representative: means an exclusive representative within the meaning of section 9(a) or 8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U. See N.Y. Labor Law 860-A
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.