Opinion
2019–03085 Docket No. O–25471–17
01-15-2020
In the Matter of Felicita GERTRUDIS, Appellant, v. Pyrlus JULCEUS, Respondent.
Helene Chowes, New York, NY, for appellant.
Helene Chowes, New York, NY, for appellant.
REINALDO E. RIVERA, J.P., CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, SHERI S. ROMAN, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Susan Quirk, J.), dated March 14, 2019. The order, after a hearing, in effect, denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements. The petitioner commenced this family offense petition against the respondent, alleging that he committed various family offenses against her. After a hearing, the Family Court, in effect, denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding. We affirm.
In a family offense proceeding, the petitioner has the burden of establishing the allegations contained in the petition by a "fair preponderance of the evidence" ( Family Ct. Act § 832 ). "The determination of whether a family offense was committed is a factual issue to be resolved by the Family Court, and that court's determination regarding the credibility of witnesses is entitled to great weight on appeal unless clearly unsupported by the record" (see Matter of Miloslau v. Miloslau, 112 A.D.3d 632, 632, 975 N.Y.S.2d 894 ).
The Family Court's determination that the petitioner failed to establish that the respondent committed the alleged family offenses was based on credibility assessments which are supported by the record and entitled to deference (see Matter of Isabel T. v. Lucien W., 138 AD3d 521, 28 N.Y.S.3d 316 ; Matter of Kayla F. [Kevin F.], 130 A.D.3d 724, 725, 13 N.Y.S.3d 504 ).
RIVERA, J.P., CHAMBERS, ROMAN and BRATHWAITE NELSON, JJ., concur.