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118 Liberty Aldrich and Lauren Shapiro
20. See Solving the Puzzle: Applying Jurisdictional Statutes in Interstate
Custody Cases to Protect Survivors and her Children, National Center on
Full Faith and Credit, at 11.
21. Domestic Relations Law § 76-h.
22. 28 USC § 1738A (1980).
23. Penal Law § 135.20.
24. Id. § 135.30; But see People v Dianna Brown, 264 AD2d 12, which denied
a biological mother whose parental rights had been terminated the right to
assert this defense.
25. Penal Law § 135.45.
26. Penal Law § 135.50.
27. 164 AD2d 610 (2d Dept 1992).
28. See Penal Law 2d § 134.45(1).
29. 112 Misc 2d 494, 495 (District Ct, Nassau County, 1982).
30. Koons v Koons 161 Misc 2d 842 (1994).
31. In re Marriage of Howard, 291 Ill App3d 675 (1997).
32. See Domestic Relations Law § 75-a(7). For a copy of a model brief outlining
these arguments, contact Sanctuary for Families at (212) 349-6009, ext. 252.
33. 2 Misc 3d 801 (Sup Ct, Bronx County, 2003).
34. Opened for signature Oct. 25, 1980, 19 ILM 1501 (1980).
35. Gloria DeHart and William M. Hilton, International Enforcement of Child
Custody, in Child Custody and Visitation: Law and Practice (Sandra
Morgan Little, ed, LexisNexis (looseleaf), 2003) § 32.02(1)(a).
36. The legislation is codified at 42 USC § 11601 et seq. and known as the
International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA).
37. Hague Convention art 3
38. DeHart and Hilton, supra note 2 at § 32.02(3)(d).
39. 42 USC § 11603(e)(2)(A).
40. Walsh v Walsh, 221 F3d 204, 218 (1st Cir 2000).
41. 33 F Supp 2d 456 (D Md 1999).