Family Court erred in dismissing the petition, which alleged family offenses that occurred in New York, Pennsylvania, and Jamaica, on the ground that the only incident alleged to have occurred in New York happened in 2014, three years before the filing of the petition. The court's subject matter jurisdiction was not "limited by geography"; the court could have made findings of fact as to incidents that occurred outside its jurisdiction (Matter of Opportune N. v Clarence...
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