Category Archives: UCCJEA

Mother’s Attempt to Flee New York to Deprive Court of Custody Jurisdiction Fails

In re Michael McC., v Manuela A, a mother took her child and fled from New York and went to Italy during a pending child custody case in a deliberate attempt to deprive New York of jurisdiction to hear the case. After conducting an exhaustive study of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act […]