Matter of Madelyn Z. v. Daniel AA.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Schenectady County (Powers, J.), entered December 8, 2015, which, among other things, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for modification of a prior custody order.

Petitioner (hereinafter the mother) and respondent (hereinafter the father) are the parents of a daughter (born in 2009). An order of custody on stipulation was issued in June 2014 granting the parties joint legal custody of the child, with primary physical custody to the father. The mother received parenting time Friday evenings from…