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THE JUDGE FAILED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OHIO COURT AFTER LEARNING OF ANOTHER CUSTODY-RELATED PROCEEDING THERE AND FAILED TO CONSIDER WHETHER IT SHOULD EXERCISE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY JURISDICTION BASED ON ALLEGATIONS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN MOTHER’S PETITION (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Family Court, determined the judge committed reversible error by failing to communicate with the Ohio court after learning of another custody-related proceeding there. In addition, the judge failed to consider whether to exercise temporary emergency jurisdiction to protect mother and child. Mother’s custody petition alleged serious domestic violence:

Family Court failed to satisfy the procedural mechanism required by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (Domestic Relations Law, art 5-A) when a custody-related proceeding is pending in another state. Specifically, after the court became aware of the Ohio proceeding, the record does not reflect that the court attempted to communicate with the Ohio court, which is a reversable error … . * * *

… Family Court failed to comply with the statutory requirement to consider, under the circumstances presented and in light of the serious allegations of domestic violence in the mother’s petition, whether it was necessary to exercise temporary emergency jurisdiction to protect the mother and the child … . Matter of Shelby C.V. v Joshua W.K, 2026 NY Slip Op 01002, First Dept 2-17-26

Practice Point: It is reversible error for a judge to fail to communicate with a court in another jurisdiction after learning of another custody-related proceeding there.

Practice Point: Allegations of domestic violence may trigger the statutory requirement that a judge consider exercising temporary emergency jurisdiction to protect family members.

 

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