Joy v. Kutzuk

The parties, who never married, are the parents of the subject child (born in 2007) and separated prior to the child’s birth. Respondent (hereinafter the mother) relocated with the child from Sullivan County to the state of Washington when the child was four months old. In March 2010, for reasons that are disputed, the child returned to Sullivan County to reside temporarily with petitioner (hereinafter the father). After the child had been in the father’s custody for approximately three weeks, the father commenced a custody proceeding alleging, among other things, that the mother — a…