Malik v. Fhara

The subject child was born in New York on November 20, 2007. The father stated that the mother brought the child to Bangladesh on May 7, 2008. The father filed a custody petition dated December 30, 2008. The father’s petition for custody was dismissed on the ground that New York lacked jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (see Domestic Relations Law art 5-A; hereinafter the Act).

*584The Act was enacted, inter alia, to provide an effective mechanism to obtain and enforce orders of custody and visitation across state lines (see Domestic Relations Law § 75).…