Opinion
2019–08486 Docket No. O–8805–18
06-10-2020
In the Matter of Nevzat AYAR, Appellant, v. Arzu AKCAY, Respondent.
Paul W. Matthews, New York, NY, for appellant. Elliot Green, Brooklyn, NY, for respondent.
Paul W. Matthews, New York, NY, for appellant.
Elliot Green, Brooklyn, NY, for respondent.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JOSEPH J. MALTESE, ANGELA G. IANNACCI, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Nevzat Ayar commenced this family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8 against Arzu Akcay, with whom Ayar had been in a romantic relationship for several years. After a fact-finding hearing, the Family Court, in effect, denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding. Ayar appeals.
We agree with the Family Court's determination that Ayar failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that Akcay committed the family offense of stalking in the fourth degree (see Family Ct. Act. §§ 812, 832 ; Penal Law § 120.45 ; see also Matter of Nunziata v. Nunziata, 93 A.D.3d 800, 941 N.Y.S.2d 190 ).
Ayar's remaining contentions are without merit.
MASTRO, J.P., LEVENTHAL, MALTESE and IANNACCI, JJ., concur.