N.Y. FCT Law § 511
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Jurisdiction
Official statutory text
§ 511. Jurisdiction. Except as otherwise provided, the family court\nhas exclusive original jurisdiction in proceedings to establish\npaternity and, in any such proceedings in which it makes a finding of\npaternity, to order support and to make orders of custody or of\nvisitation, as set forth in this article. On its own motion, the court\nmay at any time in the proceedings also direct the filing of a neglect\npetition in accord with the provisions of article ten of this act. In\naccordance with the provisions of section one hundred eleven-b of the\ndomestic relations law, the surrogate's court has original jurisdiction\nconcurrent with the family court to determine the issues relating to the\nestablishment of paternity.\n
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