§ 164 Judicial notice of matters of law; proof of statutes, decrees and decisions of another state or county

When a family court case involves laws, court orders, or decisions from another state or country, the court needs a way to check that information is accurate and official. This rule says that family court will follow the same general rules that other civil courts use for this purpose, found in the state's civil practice law and rules.

In simple terms, this means the family court doesn't need its own separate set of rules for handling out-of-state legal documents. It can borrow the standard rules already used in other New York courts, as long as those rules make sense for the type of family court case at hand. This helps keep things consistent and gives the court a clear method for confirming that legal records from elsewhere are what they claim to be.