Cardozo v. Wlasiuk

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Chenango County (Sullivan, J.), entered June 10, 2004, which, inter aha, granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody.

Following Peter Wlasiuk’s 2002 arrest and incarceration for the alleged murder of his wife, custody of their two daughters (born in 1997 and 1998) was awarded to respondent and his wife—i.e., Wlasiuk’s parents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the paternal grandparents)—upon the consent of Wlasiuk, petitioner and the paternal grandparents.*…