DRL § 77-M

Appeals

§ 77-m. Appeals. An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under this title in accordance with article fifty-five of the civil practice law and rules and article eleven of the family court act and may be granted a preference in the discretion of the court to which the appeal is taken. Unless the court enters a temporary emergency order under section seventy-six-c of this article, the enforcing court may not stay an order enforcing a child custody determination pending appeal.

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

In plain English

An appeal may be taken from a final order (per CPLR Art. 55 and FCA Art. 11) and may be given a preference. ★ Unless a § 76-c emergency order was entered, the enforcing court may NOT stay an enforcement order pending appeal. ★

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.