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SECTION 77-I
Hearing and order
Domestic Relations (DOM) CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE 5-A, TITLE 3
§ 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 immediate physical custody of
the child, the court shall order that the petitioner may take immediate
physical custody of the child unless the respondent establishes that:

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

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

(ii) the child custody determination for which enforcement is sought
has been vacated, stayed, or modified by a court of a state having
jurisdiction to do so under title two of this article or enforcement of
the determination would violate subdivision one-c of section two hundred
forty of this chapter or section one thousand eighty-five of the family
court act; or

(iii) 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-d 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.

2. The court shall award the fees, costs, and expenses authorized
under section seventy-seven-k of this title and may grant additional
relief, including a request for the assistance of law enforcement
officials, and set a further hearing to determine whether additional
relief is appropriate.

3. If a party called to testify refuses to answer on the ground that
the testimony may be self-incriminating, the court may draw an adverse
inference from the refusal.

4. A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses
and a defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife
or parent and child may not be invoked in a proceeding under this act.