Gonya v. Gonya

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Clinton County (Lawliss, J.), entered January 12, 2001, which, inter alia, granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for custody of the parties’ children.

The parties were married in 1994 and, together, have two children, William (born in 1995) and Nathaniel (born in 1997).* Following an incident in July 2000, respondent vacated the marital residence with William, leaving Nathaniel with petitioner. Petitioner thereafter commenced this proceeding seeking sole custody of the parties’ two minor children, and…