{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-76-b","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 76-b","heading":"Jurisdiction to modify determination","body":"§ 76-b. Jurisdiction to modify determination. Except as otherwise\nprovided in section seventy-six-c of this title, a court of this state\nmay not modify a child custody determination made by a court of another\nstate unless a court of this state has jurisdiction to make an initial\ndetermination under paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision one of section\nseventy-six of this title and:\n  1. The court of the other state determines it no longer has exclusive,\ncontinuing jurisdiction under section seventy-six-a of this title or\nthat a court of this state would be a more convenient forum under\nsection seventy-six-f of this title; or\n  2. A court of this state or a court of the other state determines that\nthe child, the child's parents, and any person acting as a parent do not\npresently reside in the other state.","path":["Domestic Relations Law","Article 5-A. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act","Title 2. Jurisdiction"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/DOM/76-B","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"50353b7bcf008e14eb95ed3b9e7a6c49438010a86a84fad44481e4616b96f516","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-76-a","next":"us-ny/n.y.-domestic-relations-law-76-c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}