Clark v. Clark

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mahoney, P. J.

These appeals raise an issue as to the manner in which the newly enacted Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (Domestic Relations Law, § 75-a et seq.) is to be applied to the facts herein. The parties were married in Albany, New York in July of 1972 and in December of that year a daughter, Danielle Sandra Clark, was born. The parties apparently encountered certain marital problems in early 1975, but in August, 1975 they were reunited and the family moved to Virginia. In July of 1976 the mother and daughter returned to New York while the father remained in…