For an initial custody determination and child support order, jurisdiction lies in the residence of the child prior to the filing of a case and remains in that jurisdiction until THAT court determines that there is no longer ANY connection to that jurisdiction by any of the parties.

As for my previous confusion over what you wrote:

One of the reasons for rules of grammar is to be able to clearly understand what another might mean who also speaks English, or pretends to.

What you wrote:

"...child has seen alot....heard alot from his mother who is just as bad.....she made threats to he own grandchild.."

Now, at first reading, what you wrote is that the child's mother is just as bad as the father, as that is what you, in fact, wrote, when what I NOW believe that what you meant is that the child's grandmother is just as bad as is the child's father.

But, under basic rules of grammar, that is NOT what you wrote, because "his mother" clearly refers back to the child who has seen alot.

Go to Nassau county legal services office and get a referral from them to be given to you to take to Suffolk County Legal Services. Call Suffolk county in advance, making an appointment so they can transfer your case from the old county, to the one you currently live in (this is the reason for the appointment). Bring your referral to your appointment. Than tell them to transfer your case. Make sure your drivers license has the Suffolk County address on it, so they can not refuse. Your reason is simple: you want your case transferred, because you live in Suffolk County & have primary custody, giving Suffolk County jurisdiction. Transfer custody & child support. The transfer also eliminates the problem of your current attorney. You'll do just fine.

Now, getting back to our latest "counselor" addition to WebAnswers, burrns:

Under N.Y. F.C.T. § 174, a motion would have to be made in the Nassau Family Court requesting a transfer of the case to Suffolk County, such a transfer being wholly at the discretion of the Nassau County Family Court judge, for good cause shown. By law, good cause for a transfer consists of one of two possibilities:

A. ALL parties no longer live within the jurisdiction of the original family court in which a case was filed.

OR

B. The case had been filed in the wrong jurisdiction to begin with.

General Form 27 (Transfer of Proceedings) can be found here:

http://www.nycourts.gov/forms/familycourt/pdfs/gf- 27.pdf

Neither the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County nor the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County can transfer your case at the snap of their collective fingers. A hearing would have to be held in Nassau County Family Court, for which the child's father would have to be properly summonsed to appear. Then, and only then, MIGHT the court order the case to be transferred, which is unlikely if the father still resides within the jurisdiction of Nassau County Family Court.

It should be further noted that the child's guardian ad litem represents the best interest of the child and not that of either parent.

I trust this clarifies the matter for everyone.