§ 253. Military service  by  parent;  effect  on  child  custody  proceedings.  Notwithstanding  any  law,  rule  or  regulation  to the  contrary,  child  custody  proceedings  filed  in  a  court of competent  jurisdiction in  this  state,  involving  a  parent  who  is  activated,  deployed,  or temporarily assigned to military service shall be governed  by subdivision (f) of section six hundred fifty-one of the family  court  act,  section  seventy-five-l  or  paragraph (a-2) of subdivision one of  section two hundred forty of the domestic relations law.