Initiating and responding tribunal of state
§ 580-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of state. Under this article, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
A NY tribunal may act as an initiating tribunal (to forward a proceeding elsewhere) or a responding tribunal (for proceedings begun in another state or foreign country).
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 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.