Family Court properly dismissed the petition upon finding that it did not possess exclusive continuing jurisdiction pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 76-a. It was clear from the record that petitioner did not reside in New York, that the child did not reside in New York and had not for at least a year and a half, that the child had been in the care and custody of a person acting as his parent (his grandmother) in Minnesota before the court's ruling, and that neither...
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