Adam MM. v. Toni NN.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Madison County (McDermott, J.), entered September 29, 2013, which, among other things, granted petitioner’s application, in two proceedings pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for custody of the parties’ child.

Petitioner (hereinafter the father) and respondent (hereinafter the mother) are the parents of a child (born in 2011). The parties resided together briefly in a home owned by the father, and separated when the child was roughly five months of age. Thereafter, they each commenced custody proceedings. Following a hearing, Family Court awarded…