Tazuk

BACKGROUND

Tazuk and Bishop became romantically involved in 2005, and, through in vitro fertilization, had a son in 2007. Except for a few months in 2009, Bishop and her son have lived in New York City. Tazuk has lived in Napa County since 2009. Prior to that he lived in San Francisco. In October 2009, in Napa County, Tazuk filed a petition to establish his parental relationship with the couple’s son and to determine child custody. Shortly thereafter, Bishop initiated child custody proceedings in New York. In February 2010, the Napa

1 Superior Court assumed jurisdiction over the issues of child custody and visitation, but reserved any determination of whether New York would be the more convenient forum for any later proceedings. This earlier dispute was resolved in a stipulation that awarded the parties joint legal custody of their son, with sole physical custody to Bishop subject to specified periods of visitation for Tazuk in 2011 and 2012. The parties were to reach a further agreement for visits in 2013 and thereafter. Bishop and their son continued to live in New York. When it appeared to Bishop that the parties would be unable to reach agreement concerning child visitation…