Kushner v. Mendenhall

In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Freundlich, J.), dated January 14, 2010, which, in effect, denied her motion to vacate an order of the same court (Lechtrecker, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated September 15, 2009, which, upon her default in appearing, granted the father’s petition to modify a temporary order of custody dated July 8, 2009, so as to award him primary residential custody of the parties’ minor child.

Ordered that the order dated January 14, 2010, is affirmed, without costs or…