Matter of Cheryl YY. v. Cynthia YY.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Tioga County (Keene, J.), entered August 14, 2015, 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.

Cynthia YY. (hereinafter the mother) and respondent Dale B. (hereinafter the father) are the unwed parents of two daughters (born in 2000 and 2002). The mother and the father separated after living together for approximately three years. In 2007, the mother and Cheryl YY. (hereinafter the stepmother) began a relationship and were subsequently…