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THE PROOF OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT THE FORTHCOMING CUSTODY TRIAL SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO INCIDENTS OCCURRING AFTER THE HAGUE CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS IN CYPRUS (FIRST DEPT). ​

The First Department, reversing (modifying) Family Court, determined the proof of domestic violence at the upcoming custody trial should not have been limited to incidents occurring after the Hague Convention proceedings in Cyprus:

… [T]hat aspect of the order that limits the proof of domestic violence that the mother may try to introduce at the forthcoming custody trial to incidents that have occurred since conclusion of the Hague Convention proceedings, is vacated. The court correctly recognized “[a] decision under the Convention is not a determination on the merits of any custody issue, but leaves custodial decisions to the courts of the country of habitual residence” … . However, it then effectively vested the Hague Convention proceedings with preclusive effect as to claims of domestic violence, by ruling that, at the impending custody hearing, the mother could only seek to introduce evidence of domestic violence that has occurred since those proceedings’ conclusion. There should have been no such temporal limitation imposed on the domestic violence evidence the mother may seek to introduce. Gould v Kontogiorge, 2023 NY Slip Op 02824, First Dept 5-25-23

Practice Point: Here Family Court should not have limited proof of domestic violence at the upcoming custody trial to incidents occurring after the Hague Convention proceedings in Cyprus. A Hague Convention is not a determination on the merits of any custody issue.

 

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