Simultaneous proceedings
§ 77-f. Simultaneous proceedings. If a proceeding for enforcement under this title is commenced in a court of this state and the court determines that a proceeding to modify the determination is pending in a court of another state having jurisdiction to modify the determination under title two of this article, the enforcing court shall immediately communicate with the modifying court. The proceeding for enforcement continues unless the enforcing court, after consultation with the modifying court, stays or dismisses the proceeding.
If an enforcement case is filed in NY and a modification case is pending in another state with modification jurisdiction, the NY (enforcing) court shall immediately communicate with the modifying court. Enforcement continues unless, after consultation, NY stays or dismisses. ★ (Must-communicate section.)
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.
This provision appears in Volume 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.