Joshua UU. v. Martha VV.

Appeal from a modified order of the Family Court of St. Lawrence County (Morris, J.), entered May 17, 2012, which, among other things, granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody.

The parties, unmarried parents of a daughter born in 2007, have been involved in extensive litigation in Family Court regarding the child. In March 2010, they stipulated to an order that modified a July 2009 order and provided for joint legal custody, with primary physical custody to petitioner (hereinafter the father), and respondent…