Case Conclusion Date: October 4, 2004
Practice Area: Family
Outcome: Dismissed
Description: Courts--Family Court--Jurisdiction.--Family Court did not have subject matter jurisdiction to entertain petition for enforcement of Indiana judgment and upward modification of child support award issued by Indiana Superior Court--when Westchester County Family Court proceeding was commenced on August 1, 2002, subject matter jurisdiction was vested solely in Indiana Superior Court; March 13, 2003, determination of Indiana Superior Court that it no longer had jurisdiction followed filing of objections herein; Family Court's denial of objections was proper on record then presented and known to it--appellant's belated attempt to apprise Family Court of ultimate disposition of Indiana Superior Court proceeding by faxing copy of Indiana Superior Court's March 13, 2003, determination on very date Family Court issued its ruling was unavailing; Indiana Superior Court's ruling was not part of record upon which Family Court's March 18, 2003, order was made.