Comfort v. Frolich

In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Orange County (Bivona, J.), entered August 23, 1996, which granted the respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion to dismiss the petition is denied, the petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Orange County, for further proceedings.

As this Court recently stated in Matter of Shirley D. v Carl D. (224 AD2d 60, 68): "[Although Family Court Act §…