Legal Opinion

Matter of Kevin McK. v. Elizabeth A.E.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 20, 2017No. 4317PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order, Family Court, New York County (Jane Pearl, J.), entered on or about April 16, 2015, which, among other things, dismissed without prejudice petitioner father’s petitions seeking to modify a custody order and to enforce a visitation order, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Family Court properly declined to exercise its continuing jurisdiction under Domestic Relations Law § 76-a (1) (a), as the record supports its determination that neither the child nor the mother had a “significant connection” to New York and that “substantial evidence” was no longer available in New York, concerning…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Clark v. ClarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  2. Joshua UU. v. Martha VV.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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