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Gomez v. GomezGomez v. Gomez

New York Court of Appeals
May 13, 1982
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*748OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons ‍​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (86 AD2d 594), to which we add, in view of petitioner’s argument ‍​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍that jurisdiction has now been acquired by reason of the infant’s presence in New York during the pendency of ‍​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍this proceeding, that our courts having been without jurisdiction when the proceeding was begun, the sojourn of the child ‍​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍in New York as a result of orders made without jurisdiction cannot result in the acquisition of jurisdiction.

Concur: Chief Judge ‍​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‍Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.

Case Details

Case Name: Gomez v. Gomez
Court Name: New York Court of Appeals
Date Published: May 13, 1982
Citations: 56 N.Y.2d 746; 437 N.E.2d 272; 452 N.Y.S.2d 13; 1982 N.Y. LEXIS 3400
Court Abbreviation: N.Y.
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