Koch v. Koch

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Delaware County (Becker, J.), entered March 29, 2013, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for custody of the parties’ child.

Petitioner (hereinafter the father) was required to leave the marital residence he shared with respondent (hereinafter the mother), their child (born in 2007) and two of the mother’s three children from different relationships after an altercation with her teenage son. The father thereafter commenced this proceeding, seeking, among other things, sole custody of the…