Wittig v. Wittig

Mercure, J. Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Chemung County (Castellino, J.), entered May 23, 1994, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, for visitation with the parties’ child on a regular basis and denied respondent’s cross petition for an order authorizing her relocation with the child to California.

The parties were divorced in 1984. At that time, they stipulated to joint custody of their son, Andrew, then only 10 months old, with physical custody to respondent and "reasonable visitation” to petitioner. In September 1993,…