N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 76-B : Jurisdiction — Domestic Relations — Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction And Enforcement Act — Jurisdiction to modify determination

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Current through 2016 New York Laws, Chapters 1 to 237

Except as otherwise provided in section seventy-six-c of this title, a court of this state may not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another state unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial determination under paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision one of section seventy-six of this title and:

1. The court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under section seventy-six-a of this title or that a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under section seventy-six-f of this title; or
2. A court of this state or a court of the other state determines that the child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not presently reside in the other state.
N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law § 76-B
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