New York Laws
DOM - Domestic Relations
Article 5-A - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

Title 1 - General Provisions

75 - Short Title and Statement of Legislative Intent. - § 75. Short title and statement of legislative intent. 1....

75-A - Definitions. - (a) has physical custody of the child or has had...

75-B - Proceedings Governed by Other Laws. - § 75-b. Proceedings governed by other laws. This article does...

75-C - Application to Indian Tribes. - § 75-c. Application to Indian tribes. 1. A child custody...

75-D - International Application of Article. - § 75-d. International application of article. 1. A court of...

75-E - Effect of Child Custody Determination. - § 75-e. Effect of child custody determination. A child custody...

75-F - Priority. - § 75-f. Priority. If a question of existence or exercise...

75-G - Notice to Persons Outside State. - (a) by personal delivery outside the state in the manner...

75-H - Appearance and Limited Immunity. - § 75-h. Appearance and limited immunity. 1. A party to...

75-I - Communication Between Courts. - § 75-i. Communication between courts. 1. A court of this...

75-J - Taking Testimony in Another State. - § 75-j. Taking testimony in another state. 1. In addition...

75-K - Cooperation Between Courts; Preservation of Records. - (a) hold an evidentiary hearing; (b) order a person to...

75-L - Military Service by Parent; Effect on Child Custody Orders Pursuant to This Article. - § 75-l. Military service by parent; effect on child custody...

75-M - Consideration of Blindness During Guardianship, Custody or Visitation Proceedings. - § 75-m. Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or visitation...

Title 2 - Jurisdiction

76 - Initial Child Custody Jurisdiction. - (a) this state is the home state of the child...

76-A - Exclusive, Continuing Jurisdiction. - (a) a court of this state determines that neither the...

76-B - Jurisdiction to Modify Determination. - § 76-b. Jurisdiction to modify determination. Except as otherwise provided...

76-C - Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction. - § 76-c. Temporary emergency jurisdiction. 1. A court of this...

76-D - Notice; Opportunity to Be Heard; Joinder. - § 76-d. Notice; opportunity to be heard; joinder. 1. Before...

76-E - Simultaneous Proceedings. - (a) stay the proceeding for modification pending the entry of...

76-F - Inconvenient Forum. - (a) whether domestic violence or mistreatment or abuse of a...

76-G - Jurisdiction Declined by Reason of Conduct. - (a) the parents and all persons acting as parents have...

76-H - Information to Be Submitted to Court. - (a) has participated, as a party or witness or in...

76-I - Appearance of Parties and Child. - § 76-i. Appearance of parties and child. 1. In a...

Title 3 - Enforcement

77 - Definitions. - § 77. Definitions. As used in this title: 1. "Petitioner"...

77-A - Enforcement Under Hague Convention. - § 77-a. Enforcement under Hague Convention. Under this act, a...

77-B - Duty to Enforce. - § 77-b. Duty to enforce. 1. A court of this...

77-C - Temporary Visitation. - (a) a visitation schedule made by a court of another...

77-D - Registration of Child Custody Determination. - (a) a letter or other document requesting registration; (b) two...

77-E - Enforcement of Registered Determination. - § 77-e. Enforcement of registered determination. 1. A court of...

77-F - Simultaneous Proceedings. - § 77-f. Simultaneous proceedings. If a proceeding for enforcement under...

77-G - Expedited Enforcement of Child Custody Determination. - (a) whether the court that issued the determination identified the...

77-H - Service of Petition and Order. - § 77-h. Service of petition and order. Except as otherwise...

77-I - Hearing and Order. - (a) the child custody determination has not been registered and...

77-J - Warrant to Take Physical Custody of Child. - (a) recite the facts upon which a conclusion of imminent...

77-K - Costs, Fees and Expenses. - § 77-k. Costs, fees and expenses. 1. The court shall...

77-L - Recognition and Enforcement. - § 77-l. Recognition and enforcement. A court of this state...

77-M - Appeals. - § 77-m. Appeals. An appeal may be taken from a...

77-N - Role of Prosecutor or Public Official. - (a) an existing child custody determination; (b) a request to...

77-O - Role of Law Enforcement. - § 77-o. Role of law enforcement. At the request of...

77-P - Costs and Expenses. - § 77-p. Costs and expenses. If the respondent is not...

Title 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions

78 - Application and Construction. - § 78. Application and construction. In applying and construing this...

78-A - Severability Clause. - § 78-a. Severability clause. If any provision of this article...