Case Name: Neftali Gomez, Appellant, v. Blanca R. F. Gomez, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-05-13
Citations: 56 N.Y.2d 746
Docket Number: 
Parties: Neftali Gomez, Appellant, v Blanca R. F. Gomez, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 56
Pages: 746–748

Head Matter:
Neftali Gomez, Appellant, v Blanca R. F. Gomez, Respondent.
Argued March 5, 1982;
decided May 13, 1982
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Barbara J. Simon for appellant.
Andrew Yankwitt for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (86 AD2d 594), to which we add, in view of petitioner's argument that jurisdiction has now been acquired by reason of the infant's presence in New York during the pendency of this proceeding, that our courts having been without jurisdiction when the proceeding was begun, the sojourn of the child in New York as a result of orders made without jurisdiction cannot result in the acquisition of jurisdiction.
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.