Matter of Stopper v. Stopper

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Tioga County (Keene, J.), entered May 21, 2015, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody.

Petitioner (hereinafter the father) and respondent (hereinafter the mother) are the separated parents of two children born in 2003 and 2004. In February 2014, Family Court, upon a prior petition for custody, awarded the mother and father joint legal custody with primary physical custody to the mother and specified periods of visitation to the father. Thereafter, in March 2014,…