Cardwell v. Mighells

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Cattaraugus County (Ronald D. Ploetz, A.J.), entered August 21, 2013 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6. The order dismissed the petition.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Petitioner father commenced this Family Court Act article 6 proceeding seeking visitation with the parties’ two-year-old daughter. Following a trial, Family Court dismissed the petition without prejudice to reapply for visitation upon the fulfillment of certain conditions, including completion…