Kemp v. Teeter

—Crew III, J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Tompkins County (Barrett, J.), entered April 17, 1997, which, inter alia, denied respondent’s cross petition, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, to relocate with the parties’ child to another State.

The parties, who never married, are the parents of a daughter, Brittany, born in 1994. In September 1994, respondent petitioned for custody of the minor child and, in December 1994, the parties entered into a stipulation and order pursuant to which respondent was granted sole legal and physical custody of Brittany and…