Opinion
November 23, 1998
Appeal from the Family Court, Nassau County (Kahlon, H.E.).
Ordered that the appeal from the order dated March 14, 1997, is dismissed, without costs or disbursements, as that order was superseded by the order dated November 3, 1997, denying the objections thereto; and it is further,
Ordered that the order dated November 3, 1997, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Domestic Relations Law former § 37-a was intended to facilitate the enforcement of foreign support orders so as to afford them full faith and credit in the courts of sister States ( see, Matter of Grumbling v. Hamilton, 210 A.D.2d 787). The only defenses that may be raised in a registration proceeding under Domestic Relations Law former § 37-a are those which relate to the validity of the foreign judgment, i.e., lack of jurisdiction or extrinsic fraud ( see, Matter of Fickling v. Fickling, 210 A.D.2d 223; Matter of Susan G. v. Martin L., 186 A.D.2d 29; cf., Matter of Wanda C. v. Hector C., 190 A.D.2d 583). Inasmuch as the father has not raised a defense attacking the validity of the foreign support order in controversy herein, the Family Court properly denied his objections to the registration and enforcement thereof.
The father's remaining contentions are without merit.
Bracken, J. P., Miller, Ritter and Thompson, JJ., concur.