In re Nevaeh A.

McCarthy, J.P.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Cortland County (Ames, J.), entered August 24, 2015, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 10, to temporarily remove the subject child from respondent’s custody.

Nevaeh A. was born in 2013. Respondent is the child’s mother who, along with the child’s father, consented to a Family Ct Act article 6 custody order granting sole custody to a maternal relative (hereinafter the cousin). This arrangement persisted until early 2015 when disputes arose over visitation and respondent’s alleged…