Anthony S.P. v. Gina L.R.W.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Anthony S.P. v. Gina L.R.W.

52 A.D.3d 1249, 859 N.Y.S.2d 812

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJune 6, 2008

StatusPublished

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Anthony S.P. v. Gina L.R.W., 52 A.D.3d 1249, 859 N.Y.S.2d 812 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2008).

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Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Rosalie S. Bailey, J.), entered April 4, 2007 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 5. The order granted an order of filiation to petitioner.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: On appeal from an order granting petitioner father an order of filiation, respondent mother contends that Family Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over this proceeding because it is a child custody proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (see Domestic Relations Law § 76), and the child’s home state is Michigan. We reject that contention. Pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 75-a (4), a child custody proceeding is defined as “a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a child is an issue. The term includes a proceeding for . . . paternity . . . , in which the issue may appear.” Here, the sole issue before the court was that of paternity, and thus the jurisdictional requirements of section 76 are inapplicable (see Sobie, 2004 Supp Practice Commentaries, McKinney’s Cons Laws of NY, Book 14, Domestic Relations Law § 75-a, 2008 Pocket Part, at 88-89). Present—Martoche, J.P, Smith, Centra, Peradotto and Green, JJ.

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Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Rosalie S. Bailey, J.), entered April 4, 2007 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 5. The order granted an order of filiation to petitioner.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: On appeal from an order granting petitioner father an order of filiation, respondent mother contends that Family Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over this proceeding because it is a child custody proceeding pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (see Domestic Relations Law § 76), and the child’s home state is Michigan. We reject that contention. Pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 75-a (4), a child custody proceeding is defined as “a proceeding in which legal custody, physical custody, or visitation with respect to a child is an issue. The term includes a proceeding for . . . paternity . . . , in which the issue may appear.” Here, the sole issue before the court was that of paternity, and thus the jurisdictional requirements of section 76 are inapplicable (see Sobie, 2004 Supp Practice Commentaries, McKinney’s Cons Laws of NY, Book 14, Domestic Relations Law § 75-a, 2008 Pocket Part, at 88-89). Present—Martoche, J.P, Smith, Centra, Peradotto and Green, JJ.

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52 A.D.3d 1249, 859 N.Y.S.2d 812, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/anthony-sp-v-gina-lrw-nyappdiv-2008.

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