Frank MM. v. Lorain NN.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Otsego County (Burns, J.), entered February 9, 2012, which dismissed petitioner’s applications, in two proceedings pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to, among other things, modify a prior court order.

Petitioner (hereinafter the father) and respondent (hereinafter the mother) have two children (born in 1996 and 2001). In a February 2011 order, Family Court awarded the mother physical custody of the children and permitted her to relocate with them to Pennsylvania. Thereafter, a “dependency proceeding” was commenced in Pennsylvania regarding the…