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Appeals court hears argument over UIFSA jurisdictional limits after New York proceedings
Summary
Counsel disputed whether the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) constrains Massachusetts courts’ ability to adjudicate child‑support matters when the children’s home state is another jurisdiction and a related custody proceeding exists in that other state.
The Appeals Court wrestled with a jurisdictional challenge in a child‑support dispute where the children had been living in New York and parallel proceedings had been litigated there. Appellant counsel Matthew Barak argued Massachusetts lacked jurisdiction under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) and related provisions; appellee counsel Jennifer LaManna said the record and practice below show Massachusetts properly exercised jurisdiction.
Barak urged the panel that UIFSA creates a statutory framework allocating which state may adjudicate support when multiple…
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