Thorsland v. Ray

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Otsego County (Burns, J), entered September 25, 2006, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody and visitation.

Petitioner and respondent are the parents of four children (born in 1993 and 1995). In 1999, Family Court entered an order pursuant to the parties’ stipulation granting them joint custody of the children with primary physical custody to petitioner and visitation to respondent. In June 2006, petitioner initiated the present proceeding requesting…