Matter of Renaldo R. v. Chanice R.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Fiordaliza A. Rodriguez, Referee), entered on or about May 28, 2014, which, after a fact-finding hearing, dismissed the custody petition for lack of jurisdiction, and vacated the stay of the petition granted April 21, 2014, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The Referee properly determined that New York State lacks subject matter jurisdiction to decide the custody petition, since petitioner failed to show that the children had been living in this State for at least six consecutive months immediately before the commencement of the proceeding or that a New…