Stoesser v. Dunham

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Delaware County (Estes, J.), entered December 5, 1997, which, inter alia, granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody and visitation.

*959Insofar as is relevant to this appeal, petitioner and respondent are the parents of two children — Derik (born in 1987) and Danielle (born in 1989). The parties separated in 1990 and, in May 1993, respondent was awarded custody of the minor children with liberal visitation to petitioner. This arrangement apparently proceeded without…