§ 75. Short title and statement of legislative intent. 1. This article\nmay be cited as the "uniform child custody jurisdiction and enforcement\nact".\n 2. It is the intent of the legislature in enacting this article to\nprovide an effective mechanism to obtain and enforce orders of custody\nand visitation across state lines and to do so in a manner that ensures\nthat the safety of the children is paramount and that victims of\ndomestic violence and child abuse are protected. It is further the\nintent of the legislature that this article be construed so as to ensure\nthat custody and visitation by perpetrators of domestic violence or\nhomicide of a parent, legal custodian, legal guardian, sibling,\nhalf-sibling or step-sibling of a child is restricted pursuant to\nsubdivision one-c of section two hundred forty of this chapter and\nsection one thousand eighty-five of the family court act.\n
N.Y. Dom. Rel. Law § 75
Short title and statement of legislative intent
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Ermini v. Vittori (2014)
Most recently applied in Matter of Joshua A. v. Shaquanda T. (November 2023)
2014-09-22
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