DRL § 77-A

Enforcement under Hague Convention

§ 77-a. Enforcement under Hague Convention. Under this act, a court of this state may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as if it were a child custody determination.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/DOM/77-A

In plain English

A NY court may enforce a Hague Convention return order as if it were a child custody determination. ★

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.