Lowe v. Crawford

—Yesawich Jr., J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Ulster County (Traficanti, Jr., J.), entered January 22, 1996, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, for custody of the parties’ child.

Shortly after the parties separated in late 1993, respondent petitioned for custody of their son, Kiaal, who was then nine years old, and was awarded temporary custody pending resolution of the petition. In August 1994, Family Court, implementing the parties’ stipulation, ordered that respondent would be Kiaal’s sole custodian and that…