N.Y. DOM Law § 77-L
This is the official text of N.Y. DOM Law § 77-L, part of New York’s Domestic Relations Law — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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Recognition and enforcement
Official statutory text
§ 77-l. Recognition and enforcement. A court of this state shall\naccord full faith and credit to an order issued by another state and\nconsistent with this article which enforces a child custody\ndetermination by a court of another state unless the order has been\nvacated, stayed, or modified by a court having jurisdiction to do so\nunder title two of this article, unless recognition and enforcement\nwould violate subdivision one-c of section two hundred forty of this\nchapter or section one thousand eighty-five of the family court act.\n
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