Domestic Relations Law § 77-l · Title 3. Enforcement
Recognition and enforcement
Text — Law content up to date as of August 7, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 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 a child custody determination by a court of another state unless the order has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so under title two of this article, unless recognition and enforcement would violate subdivision one-c of section two hundred forty of this chapter or section one thousand eighty-five of the family court act.
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- Law content up to date as of August 7, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
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