Chase v. Benjamin

Appeal from an order of the .Family Court of Cortland County (Campbell, J.), entered May 11, 2006, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody and visitation.

The parties are the divorced parents of one son (born in 1990). In December 2004, they stipulated to an order providing for joint custody, physical placement with petitioner, and visitation with respondent every other weekend, overnight every Wednesday and on certain holidays. Petitioner commenced this proceeding in November 2005, seeking sole custody and…