Opinion
11-02-2017
In re MILITZA L., Petitioner–Respondent, v. RAMON LUIS C., Respondent–Appellant.
Steven N. Feinman, White Plains, for appellant. Leslie S. Lowenstein, Woodmere, for respondent.
Steven N. Feinman, White Plains, for appellant.
Leslie S. Lowenstein, Woodmere, for respondent.
Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Passidomo, J.), entered on or about July 5, 2016, which, after a fact-finding hearing, granted petitioner a one-year order of protection, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
A fair preponderance of the evidence establishes that respondent committed the family offense of harassment in the second degree (see Family Court Act §§ 812 ; 832). Petitioner testified that, inter alia, respondent intentionally engaged in a course of conduct in 2013 and 2016 to alarm or seriously annoy her for no legitimate purpose (see Penal Law § 240.26[3] ), and there exists no basis to disturb the court's credibility determinations (see e.g. Matter of Peter G. v. Karleen K., 51 A.D.3d 541, 856 N.Y.S.2d 859 [1st Dept.2008] ).
TOM, J.P., RENWICK, MAZZARELLI, OING, SINGH, JJ., concur.