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Moving On: UCCJEA, The Hague Convention, and Relocation 119
42. 78 F Supp 2d 283 (SDNY 2000), affd 283 F3d 153 (2d Cir 2001).
43. Walsh, supra note 7; see also Elyashiv v Elyashiv, case no 03-CV-1491,
filed Jan. 28, 2005 (EDNY), also finding a “grave-risk” exception for a
battered mother and her children pursuant to Art. 13 of the Hague
Convention.
44. Id. at 220.
45. Id. at 219.
46. Domestic Relations Law § 24.
47. Family Court Act § 522.
48. Family Court Act § 521.
49. Public Health Law § 4135-b.
50. Domestic Relations Law § 76-g.
51. 204 AD2d 777 (3d Dept 1994).
52. Id. at 773.
53. See e.g. Jeanne E.M. v Lindey M.M., 189 Misc 2d 669 (Family Ct, Albany
County, 2001).
54. Domestic Relations Law § 76-g.
55. See e.g. Jacoby v Carter, 167 AD2d786 (3d Dept 1990); Sheridan v
Sheridan, supra.
56. 206 AD2d 703 (3rd Dept 1994).
57. Id. at 781.
58. Whether she can make a successful claim for emergency jurisdiction in her
refuge state will depend on the law in that state.
59. See e.g. Tropea, supra, and F.M. v P.M., NYLJ, Aug. 8, 1998 at 29, col 2
(Sup Ct, Bronx County).
60. 274 AD2d 694 (3d Dept 2000).
61. 263 AD2d 783 (3d Dept 1999).
62. 244 AD2d 902 (4th Dept 1997).
63. Courts have found domestic violence to be a sufficient reason for allowing
relocation even under the more stringent pre-Tropea “extraordinary
circumstances” standard. In McGee v McGee, 180 Misc 2d 575 (Sup Ct,