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SECTION 77-G
Expedited enforcement of child custody determination
Domestic Relations (DOM) CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE 5-A, TITLE 3
§ 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 be attached to the petition. A copy of a certified copy of an order
may be attached instead of the original.

2. A petition for enforcement of a child custody determination must
state:

(a) whether the court that issued the determination identified the
jurisdictional basis it relied upon in exercising jurisdiction and, if
so, what the basis was;

(b) whether the determination for which enforcement is sought has been
vacated, stayed, or modified by a court whose decision must be enforced
under this article and, if so, identify the court, the case number, and
the nature of the proceeding;

(c) whether any proceeding has been commenced that could affect the
current proceeding, including proceedings relating to domestic violence,
child abuse or neglect, protective orders, termination of parental
rights, and adoptions and, if so, identify the court, the case number,
and the nature of the proceeding;

(d) the present physical address of the child and the respondent, if
known;

(e) whether relief in addition to the immediate physical custody of
the child and attorney's fees is sought, including a request for
assistance from law enforcement officials and, if so, the relief sought;
and

(f) if the child custody determination has been registered and
confirmed under section seventy-seven-d of this title, the date and
place of registration.

3. Upon the filing of a petition, the court shall issue an order
directing the respondent to appear in person with or without the child
at a hearing within three court days and may enter any order necessary
to ensure the safety of the parties and the child. The hearing must be
held not more than three court days after the filing of the petition,
provided that the petition has been served not less than twenty-four
hours prior to the hearing. Service may be by any means directed by the
court pursuant to section three hundred eight of the civil practice law
and rules. The court may extend the date of the hearing briefly for good
cause shown or upon the request of the petitioner.

4. An order issued under subdivision three of this section must state
the time and place of the hearing and advise the respondent that at the
hearing the court will order that the petitioner may take immediate
physical custody of the child and the payment of fees, costs, and
expenses under section seventy-seven-k of this title, and may schedule a
hearing to determine whether further relief is appropriate, unless the
respondent appears and establishes that:

(a) the child custody determination has not been registered and
confirmed under section seventy-seven-d of this title and that:

(1) the issuing court did not have jurisdiction under title two of
this article;

(2) the child custody determination for which enforcement is sought
has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to
do so under title two of this article or that 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;

(3) the respondent was entitled to notice, but notice was not given in
accordance with the standards of section seventy-five-g of this article,
in the proceedings before the court that issued the order for which
enforcement is sought; or

(b) the child custody determination for which enforcement is sought
was registered and confirmed under section seventy-seven-c of this
title, but has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state
having jurisdiction to do so under title two of this article.