My question involves child support in the State of: NY
We were married in NY and our son was born there. Later we moved to another country for my employment and took up residence as a family. My ex had enough with the and moved back to NY and continued to work and live there. He then filed for divorce in NY without discussing it with me before hand, I was served with summons. His divorce petition in NY deferred child support to a “court of competent jurisdiction”.
I have remained my employer in another country, and my ex remains in NY. That country I work in has reciprocal arrangements for Child Support with the US.
Can I petition the NY courts for Child Support when the child is not a resident in the US, however the father is ? I have not been able to find the reference where a NY Court would have or not have jurisdiction to hear the matter. When he deferred child support to a “court of competent jurisdiction” had me thinking if this was his way of possibly of preventing me from petitioning for Child Support in NY.
By petitioning for Child Support in NY rather than the country that the child resides in would make the NY Court Order enforceable where works and lives, and more likely to pay (he is not paying). I have not sought a Court order for Child Support previously in the US or elsewhere.

