Fitch v. Guinn

— Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Chenango County (Ingraham, J.), entered March 30, 1982, which awarded permanent custody of the parties’ child to petitioner. The parties to this custody proceeding were married on December 14, 1974. The sole issue of their marriage, a daughter Amy, was born on May 8, 1975. The parties separated in March, 1979. In January, 1980, the parties appeared in Family Court and stipulated to joint custody. The stipulation provided for the respondent mother to have primary physical custody during the school year and the petitioner father to have custody…