Opinion
No. 2005-11735.
January 16, 2007.
In a family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Olshansky, J.), dated November 15, 2005, which, after a hearing, dismissed her petition for an order of protection against the respondent.
Michael A. Fiechter, Bellmore, N.Y., for appellant.
Jinghong Zhu, Flushing, N.Y., respondent pro se (no brief filed).
Before: Rivera, J.P., Spolzino, Ritter and Angiolillo, JJ.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The determination of whether a family offense was committed is a factual issue to be resolved by the Family Court ( see Matter of Lallmohamed v Lallmohamed, 23 AD3d 562; Matter of Fiore v Fiore, 34 AD3d 803; Matter of Kraus v Kraus, 26 AD3d 494, 495), and the Family Court's determination regarding the credibility of witnesses is entitled to great weight on appeal ( see Matter of Kraus v Kraus, supra; Matter of De La Cruz v Colon, 16 AD3d 496; Matter of Wissink v Wissink, 13 AD3d 461, 462; Matter of St. Denis v St. Denis, 1 AD3d 370). We find no basis to disturb the Family Court's determination.