Matthew W. v. Sandra W.

—Lahtinen, J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Albany County (Duggan, J.), entered July 24, 2000, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, for modification of a prior order of custody.

A proceeding under Family Court Act article 10 was commenced against petitioner in 1991 alleging that he sexually abused one of his daughters (born in 1984) and neglected her younger sister (born in 1985). Approximately 15 months later, the proceeding was apparently resolved by an order of disposition and an incorporated order of protection…