DRL § 77-E

Enforcement of registered determination

§ 77-e. Enforcement of registered determination. 1. A court of this state may grant any relief normally available under the laws of this state to enforce a registered child custody determination made by a court of another state.

2. A court of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, except in accordance with title two of this article, a registered child custody determination of a court of another state; provided, however, that recognition and enforcement of the determination would not violate subdivision one-c of section two hundred forty of this chapter or section one thousand eighty-five of the family court act.

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

In plain English

(1) NY may grant any relief normally available to enforce a registered foreign order.
(2) NY shall recognize/enforce but may NOT modify (except per Title 2) a registered order — unless it would violate DRL § 240(1-c)/FCA § 1085. ★

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.