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LEO v. HEARD

253 A.D.2d 724 (1998)

678 N.Y.S.2d 18

Melissa Leo, Respondent, v. John Heard, Jr., Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

September 29, 1998

We agree with the IAS Court that pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (Domestic Relations Law § 75-a et seq.), it possessed subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate custody of the parties' son since New York State was indisputably the "home state" of the child (see, Domestic Relations Law § 75-c [5]) "at the time of the commencement of the custody proceeding" (Domestic Relations Law § 75-d [1] [a]; see also, Grossman...

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