Ferguson v. Coddington

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Ulster County, entered January 8, 1980, which granted petitioner’s application for custody of his daughter. The parties were married in August, 1971, and a daughter Lovisa was born on June 17, 1972. By judgment dated May 7, 1973, the parties were divorced and custody of the child was awarded to the respondent mother. On May 2, 1979, petitioner commenced a proceeding in Family *967Court, Ulster County, seeking to modify the original award. He alleged that respondent’s recent behavioral pattern, including her failure to procure medical treatment for the…