Under UIFSA, Family Court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident respondent if "the child resides in [New York] as a result of the acts or directives of the individual" (Family Ct Act § 580-201 [5]). The determination that petitioner failed to establish by a preponderance of credible evidence a pattern of abuse or harassment by respondent resulting in the child's relocation to New York, so as to exercise personal jurisdiction under the statute, is supported...
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