DRL § 77-C

Temporary visitation

§ 77-c. Temporary visitation. 1. A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination, may, if consistent with subdivision one-c of section two hundred forty of this chapter or section one thousand eighty-five of the family court act, issue a temporary order enforcing:

(a) a visitation schedule made by a court of another state; or

(b) the visitation provisions of a child custody determination of another state that does not provide for a specific visitation schedule.

2. If a court of this state makes an order under paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section, it shall specify in the order a period that it considers adequate to allow the petitioner to obtain an order from a court having jurisdiction under the criteria specified in title two of this article. The order remains in effect until an order is obtained from the other court or the period expires.

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

In plain English

A NY court without modification jurisdiction may issue a temporary order enforcing (a) another state's visitation schedule, or (b) the visitation provisions of an order lacking a specific schedule. For (b), the order specifies a period to get an order from the proper court and lasts until then or expiry. ★

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.