New York Domestic Relations Law Title 3 - ENFORCEMENT

• 77 - Definitions.
  As used in this title: 1. "Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague Convention...
• 77-a - Enforcement Under Hague Convention.
  Under this act, a court of this state may enforce an order for the return of the child made under the Hague Convention on the...
• 77-b - Duty to Enforce.
  1. A court of this state shall recognize and enforce a child custody determination of a court of another state if the latter court exercised...
• 77-c - Temporary Visitation.
  1. A court of this state which does not have jurisdiction to modify a child custody determination, may, if consistent with subdivision one-c of section...
• 77-d - Registration of Child Custody Determination.
  1. A child custody determination issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous request for...
• 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...
• 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...
• 77-g - Expedited Enforcement of Child Custody Determination.
  1. A petition under this title must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced and of any order confirming registration must...
• 77-h - Service of Petition and Order.
  Except as otherwise provided in section seventy-seven-j of this title, the petition and order must be served, by any method authorized by the law of...
• 77-i - Hearing and Order.
  1. Unless the court issues a temporary emergency order pursuant to section seventy-six-c of this article, upon a finding that a petitioner is entitled to...
• 77-j - Warrant to Take Physical Custody of Child.
  1. Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of...
• 77-k - Costs, Fees and Expenses.
  1. The court shall award the prevailing party, including a state, necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of the party, including costs,...
• 77-l - Recognition and Enforcement.
  A court of this state shall accord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and consistent with this article which enforces...
• 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...
• 77-n - Role of Prosecutor or Public Official.
  1. In a case arising under this article or involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the prosecutor or other...
• 77-o - Role of Law Enforcement.
  At the request of a prosecutor or other appropriate public official acting under section seventy-seven-n of this title, a law enforcement officer, as defined in...
• 77-p - Costs and Expenses.
  If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the prosecutor or...

Last modified: February 3, 2019