Brennan v. Anesi

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Broome County (Hester, Jr., J.), entered March 23, 2000, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, for modification of a prior order of custody.

Petitioner and respondent are the parents of a child born in 1993. Apparently, by a prior order of Family Court, respondent was awarded sole custody of the child and petitioner was awarded visitation rights. Petitioner commenced this proceeding in March 2000 seeking to modify the prior order to award him sole or joint custody of the child. Family Court…