Judy UU. v. Troy SS.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Ulster County (Mizel, J.), entered December 24, 2009, which dismissed petitioner’s applications, in three proceedings pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody.

Petitioner (the mother) and respondent (the father) are the divorced parents of a son, born in 1998, who has been at the center of their protracted custody battle since 2005. Recently, this Court affirmed an August 2007 modification of custody order of Family Court, issued after lengthy hearings, awarding the father sole legal and physical custody, and awarding…