Tammy II. v. Jeffrey HH.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Broome County (Pines, J.), entered October 18, 2000, which, inter alia, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, for modification of a prior order of custody.

Petitioner and respondent have joint custody of their two sons, Jeffrey (born in 1984) and Jeremy (born in 1988), whose principal place of residence is with respondent. During a late March 2000 visitation, petitioner was told by Jeffrey that respondent had recently punished Jeremy for his continued bed wetting by placing a piece of urine soaked…