Richardson v. Fitch-Richardson

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Chemung County (Morris, J.H.O.), entered October 9, 2014, which, among other things, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for custody of the parties’ children.

*1092Petitioner (hereinafter the father) and respondent (hereinafter the mother) are the parents of four children (born in 2001, 2003, 2010 and 2013). In August 2013, the father filed a petition for custody and visitation contending that the mother and children had relocated to Virginia weeks earlier without his permission. Following an initial…