Burton v. Barrett

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Broome County (Fines, J.), entered November 29, 2011, which, among other things, granted petitioner’s application, in proceeding No. 1 pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody.

Bryanne M. Burton is the mother of a child born in 2006. Pursuant to a 2009 order, she and the child’s father, Matthew S. Barrett, were awarded joint legal custody with the child’s primary residence to be with the father. The mother was granted access consisting of three weekends per month along with weekly three-hour visits. The child resided…