Matter of Chase v. Chase

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Schenectady County (Powers, J.), entered August 10, 2015, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody.

Petitioner (hereinafter the father) and respondent (hereinafter the mother) are the parents of a son (born in 2005). The mother has a history of substance abuse and, in March 2013, the parties entered into a stipulated order granting them joint legal custody of the child, where the father had primary physical custody and the mother was given supervised parenting time…