ERICA FRANCINE GOTTLIEB, plf-res, v. IAN SAMUEL GOTTLIEB, def-ap

9404-9405. ERICA FRANCINE GOTTLIEB, plf-res, v. IAN SAMUEL GOTTLIEB, def-ap — Robert G. Smith, New York, for ap — Stephen N. Preziosi, New York, for res — JO ANN DOUGLAS, NEW YORK, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILDREN.—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ellen Gesmer, J.), entered January 11, 2012, which, following an interim order, same court and Justice, entered on or about December 6, 2011, granting plaintiff's motion to declare New York the home state of the parties' children and denying defendant's motion to decline jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) in the underlying child custody proceeding, directed defendant to return the children to New York, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from December 6, 2011 order unanimously dismissed, without costs, as subsumed in the appeal from the January 11, 2012 order.

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9404-9405. ERICA FRANCINE GOTTLIEB, plf-res, v. IAN SAMUEL GOTTLIEB, def-ap — Robert G. Smith, New York, for ap — Stephen N. Preziosi, New York, for res — JO ANN DOUGLAS, NEW YORK, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILDREN.—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ellen Gesmer, J.), entered January 11, 2012, which, following an interim order, same court and Justice, entered on or about December 6, 2011, granting plaintiff’s motion to declare New York the home state of the parties’ children and denying defendant’s motion to decline jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) in the underlying child custody proceeding, directed defendant to return the children to New York, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from December 6, 2011 order unanimously dismissed, without costs, as subsumed in the appeal from the January 11, 2012 order.

Defendant does not dispute that the trial court correctly determined that New York was the home state based on the fact that both children lived in New York for more than six consecutive months before the commencement of child custody proceedings (see Domestic Relations Law [DRL] §§75-a[7], 76[1][a]). Indeed, the children had never lived outside of New York until July 3, 2011, when they moved with defendant to North Carolina, and their mother continues to reside in New York.Moreover, the UCCJEA “elevates the ‘home state’ to paramount importance in both initial custody determinations and modifications of custody orders” (Matter of Michael McC. v. Manuela A., 48 AD3d 91, 95 [1st Dept 2007], lv dismissed 10 NY3d 836 [2008]).

ERICA FRANCINE GOTTLIEB, plf-res, v. IAN SAMUEL GOTTLIEB, def-ap

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