Lorenzana v. Arafiles

The appellant, a resident of Texas, and his former wife, a resident of the Philippines, were divorced pursuant to a Nevada divorce decree in August 1993. Pursuant to the Nevada divorce decree, the appellant was to pay $100 per month per child in child support. From approximately June 1994 to December 1997, the appellant resided in New York. During that time, he sent child support payments to the children’s *680mother in the Philippines. In or about June 1999, the children’s mother brought the children to New York to visit with her sister and her sister’s husband, the petitioner, Tycho Lorenzana.…