Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York February 19, 2004 (Carter v. James)

Carpinello, J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Sullivan County (Meddaugh, J.), entered January 18, 2002, which, inter alia, granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, for custody of the parties’ child.

The parties are the unwed parents of a son born in March 2001.