Etienne v. Sylvain

In two related child custody proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 and Domestic Relations Law article 5-A (Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act), the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Pearl, J.), dated June 7, 2006, which, after a hearing, denied his petition to modify the parties’ judgment of divorce to award him sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ children, and granted the mother’s petition to modify the parties’ judgment of divorce and award her sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ children and permit her…