Matter of Mitchell v. Regan

Appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court (Lawliss, J.), entered March 11, 2016 in Essex County, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for custody of the subject children, and (2) from the orders of protection entered therein.

Respondent Rodney P. McCray (hereinafter the father) and respondent Darcy Regan are the parents of two children (born in 2013 and 2015). In December 2015, several petitions were filed, including one by petitioner, the children’s paternal grandmother, seeking custody of the children. During the course of the…