In re Anna B.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Lisa Bloch Rodwin, J.), entered February 28, 2012. The order dismissed the petition.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the motion is denied, the petition is reinstated and the matter is remitted to Family Court, Erie County, for further proceedings on the petition.

Memorandum: Petitioner father commenced this proceeding seeking modification or vacatur of a stay-away order of protection against him. We note as background that, pursuant to article 6 of the Family Court Act…