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N.Y. Family Court Act § 580-201: Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident

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  1. Family Court Act
  2. Article 5-B. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
  3. Part 2. Jurisdiction

§ 580-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In a

proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine

parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal

jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian

or conservator if:

(1) the individual is personally served with a summons and petition

within this state;

(2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by

consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive

document or other action having the effect of waiving any contest to

personal jurisdiction;

(3) the individual resided with the child in this state;

(4) the individual resided in this state and provided prenatal

expenses or support for the child;

(5) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or

directives of the individual;

(6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the

child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;

(7) the individual asserted parentage of a child in the putative

father registry maintained in this state by the office of children and

family services; or

(8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this

state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.

(b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subdivision (a) of

this section or in any other law of this state may not be used to

acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a

child support order of another state unless the requirements of section

580-611 of this article are met, or, in the case of a foreign support

order, unless the requirements of section 580-615 of this article are

met.

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