Geddes v. Montpetit

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of St. Lawrence County (Potter, J.), entered September 12, 2003, which, inter alia, dismissed petitioner’s application, in two proceedings pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody.

Petitioner (hereinafter the father) and respondent (hereinafter the mother) are the unmarried parents of a child born in 1991. In 1996, based upon the parties’ stipulation, Family Court entered an order granting sole custody of the child to the mother and visitation to the father three out of every four weekends. In 2003, the father commenced a…