Legal Opinion
Shirley D. v. Carl D.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 15, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Krausman, J.
On this appeal, we are asked to determine whether Family Court Act § 154 (b) provides a basis for extending the court’s long-arm jurisdiction beyond that prescribed by CPLR 302 (b), which governs the exercise of personal jurisdiction in matrimonial actions and Family Court proceedings. For the reasons which follow, we conclude that Family Court Act § 154 (b), which was enacted to authorize the exercise of long-arm jurisdiction over nonresident, nondomiciliary respondents in paternity proceedings, subjects a putative father to jurisdiction where he has had at…
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