Mack v. Grizoffi

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Chenango County (Sullivan, J.), entered November 15, 2002, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for modification of a prior order of custody.

In 1995, following a finding of neglect against petitioner (hereinafter the father), respondent (hereinafter the grandmother) obtained custody of the father’s two children. The father’s visitation was subsequently restricted and eventually suspended in 2000. After waiting more than a year, as required by the 2000 order, the father filed a petition for…