DRL § 75-H

Appearance and limited immunity

§ 75-h. Appearance and limited immunity. 1. A party to a child custody proceeding, including a modification proceeding, or a petitioner or respondent in a proceeding to enforce or register a child custody determination, is not subject to personal jurisdiction in this state for another proceeding or purpose solely by reason of having participated, or of having been physically present for the purpose of participating, in the proceeding.

2. A person who is subject to personal jurisdiction in this state on a basis other than physical presence is not immune from service of process in this state. A party present in this state who is subject to the jurisdiction of another state is not immune from service of process allowable under the laws of that state.

3. The immunity granted by subdivision one of this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to the participation in a proceeding under this article committed by an individual while present in this state.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/DOM/75-H

In plain English

(1) Just participating (or being physically present to participate) in a custody proceeding does NOT subject a party to personal jurisdiction for another matter. ★
(2) Someone subject to jurisdiction on another basis isn't immune from service.
(3) The immunity doesn't extend to civil litigation on acts unrelated to the proceeding committed while present in the state.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.