Diana W. v. Jose X.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Sullivan County (Meddaugh, J.), entered December 14, 2000, which, inter alia, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody.

Petitioner and respondent are the biological parents of a son bom in December 1988. Respondent was granted sole custody of the child in 1994 in an order of disposition following a finding of neglect entered against petitioner under Family Court Act article 10 and, except for a brief period in 1995, he has since maintained sole legal and physical…