Matter of Ramona R. v Morris G. C.

Matter of Ramona R. v Morris G. C. 2015 NY Slip Op 05415 Decided on June 23, 2015 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on June 23, 2015
Mazzarelli, J.P., Sweeny, Acosta, Clark, Kapnick, JJ.
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[*1] In re Ramona R., Petitioner-Appellant,

v

Morris G. C., Respondent-Respondent.

Leslie S. Lowenstein, Woodmere, for appellant.

Law Office of Randall S. Carmel, Syosset (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for respondent.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan K. Knipps, J.), entered on or about June 12, 2014, which, after a fact-finding hearing, dismissed the petition seeking an order of protection, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner failed to establish by a fair preponderance of the evidence that respondent committed acts amounting to harassment in the second degree (see Matter of Gloria C. v Josephine I., 106 AD3d 630 [1st Dept 2013]; Penal Law § 240.26). The court's finding that the father touched the mother only to separate her from their child, who was upset by her refusal to stop bathing him, is supported by the evidence, and there is no basis to disturb the court's credibility determinations (Matter of Everett C. v Oneida P., 61 AD3d 489 [1st Dept 2009]).

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER

OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

ENTERED: JUNE 23, 2015

CLERK