Case Name: In the Matter of Steven Austin, Respondent, v. Toni Pacchiano, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-04-02
Citations: 249 A.D.2d 599
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Steven Austin, Respondent, v Toni Pacchiano, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 249
Pages: 599–600

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Steven Austin, Respondent, v Toni Pacchiano, Appellant.
[670 NYS2d 808]

Opinion:
—Mercure, J.
Appeals (1) from an order of the Family Court of Otsego County (Coccoma, J.), entered December 23, 1996, which denied respondent's application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, for modification of prior orders of custody and visitation, and (2) from an order of said court, entered February 14, 1997, which, inter alia, denied respondent's motion to resettle the previous orders.
A March 1993 order of Family Court granted respondent sole custody of the parties' minor child and delineated petitioner's visitation rights. Due to the parties' apparent intransigence, Family Court was required to issue five additional orders be tween November 1993 and September 1994 modifying the terms and conditions of visitation. Then, in August 1996, respondent made a further application to modify the six prior orders so as to incorporate all operative provisions into a "whole new order". In our view, Family Court acted well within its discretion in refusing to grant respondent this novel relief and in denying her subsequent motion for resettlement.
Cardona, P. J., White, Peters and Spain, JJ., concur. Ordered that the orders are affirmed, without costs.