Pursuant to the authority vested in me, and with the advice and consent of the Administrative Board of the Courts, I hereby amend, effective immediately Rule 202.6(b) of the Uniform Rules of the Supreme Court and the County Court (22 NYCRR § 202.6[b]), addressing the filing of the request for judicial intervention without fee, as follows (new material underlined):

(b) A request for judicial intervention shall be filed, without fee, for any application to a court not filed in an action or proceeding, as well as for a petition for the sale or finance of religious/not-for­ profit property, an application for change of name, a habeas corpus proceeding where the movant is institutionalized, an application under CPLR 3102(e) for court assistance in obtaining disclosure in an action pending in another state, a retention proceeding authorized by article 9 of the Mental Hygiene Law, a proceeding authorized by article 10 of the Mental Hygiene Law, an appeal to a county court of a civil case brought in a court of limited jurisdiction, an application to vacate a judgement on account of bankruptcy, a motion for an order authorizing emergency surgery, or within the City of New York, an uncontested action for a judgment for annulment, divorce or separation commenced pursuant to article 9, 10 or 11 of the Domestic Relations Law, and an application for an extreme risk protection order.

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Further pursuant to the authority vested in me, I hereby prescribe the following revised form (Exh. A) for use in civil practice in the Supreme and County Courts, effective August 12, 2019. The former version of the below form may still be used until October 31, 2019 in cases not involving Child Victims Act claims and extreme risk protection order applications.

• Main Request for Judicial Intervention Form (UCS-840)