Lewis v. VanWormer

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Schuyler County (Argetsinger, J.), entered June 30, 2006, which, among other things, dismissed petitioner’s application, in six proceedings pursuant to Family Ct Act articles 6 and 8, to modify a prior order of custody and visitation.

Petitioner and respondent are the biological parents of two children born in 2003 and 2004. The parties, who never married, began their relationship when petitioner was 15 years old and respondent was 22 years old. Following the birth of their first child, the parties continued to reside together until petitioner was…