--- title: "Erin P. DeLabio | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/erin-p-delabio" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Erin P. DeLabio Niagara County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Niagara County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Family Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Was town justice for the Town of Wheatfield (2009–present) - Judge, Family Court, Niagara County, Elected, 2018 to 2027 - NYS Unified Court System, Court Attorney, 2012 to 2017 - Town of Wheatfield, Wheatfield Town Justice, 2009 to 2017 - Niagara County, County Attorney Office, Assistant County Attorney, 2006 to 2012 - Brick, Brick & Elmer, P.C., Associate Attorney, 2003 to 2006 - Practiced law as an associate at Brick, Brick, and Elmer, P.C. (2003–2006) She specialized in family and matrimonial law during her private practice ### Education - J.D. — CUNY Law School at Queens College — 1992 - B.A. — State University College at Buffalo State — 1989 ### Additional information - Judge DeLabio presides over the Niagara County Family Court in Lockport, NY, which hears matters such as adoption, guardianship, foster care, juvenile delinquency, family violence, child abuse/neglect, and custody, support, and visitation cases. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### recording and photography Scope: statewide New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: Taking photographs, films or videotapes, or audiotaping, broadcasting or telecasting, in a courthouse including any courtroom, office or hallway thereof, at any time or on any occasion, whether or not the court is in session, is forbidden, unless permission of the Chief Administrator of the Courts or a designee of the Chief Administrator is first obtained [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### evidence presentation control Scope: statewide The official Guide to New York Evidence identifies court control over presentation of evidence as a statewide evidence topic; counsel should expect the assigned judge to control the mode and order of proof. Evidence excerpt: 1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=HSh/odd2JRnWG4H8s2LEdA%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=HSh/odd2JRnWG4H8s2LEdA%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=HSh/odd2JRnWG4H8s2LEdA%3D%3D) - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) - [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Erin P. DeLabio](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=HSh/odd2JRnWG4H8s2LEdA%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/erin-p-delabio", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/erin-p-delabio", "name": "Erin P. DeLabio | KnowJudges", "description": "Erin P. DeLabio, Niagara County Family Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/erin-p-delabio#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/erin-p-delabio#judge", "name": "Erin P. 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Collected 2026-07-26. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-34fe480ab82f22fa3c31d257) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26.