Jared CC. v. Marcie DD.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Campbell, J.), entered July 14, 2014 in Cortland County, which, among other things, granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for custody of the parties’ child.

Petitioner (hereinafter the father) and respondent (hereinafter the mother) are the unwed parents of a child (born in 2010). In July 2011, the parties ended their relationship and informally agreed to share custody of the child, with the mother serving as her primary caretaker. The informal custody arrangement continued, apparently without incident,…