McCormick v. Franklin

In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Westchester County (Cooney, J.), dated July 2, 2002, which dismissed the proceeding for lack of jurisdiction.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Initially, we note that the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (Domestic Relations Law former article 5-A) applies here since the petition was filed prior to April 28, 2002, the effective date of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (see Matter of Brillhart v…