Opinion
04-16-2024
In the Matter of TAWANNA R., Petitioner–Appellant, v. MICHAEL E.G., Respondent–Respondent.
Bruce A. Young, New York, for appellant. Marion C. Perry, New York, for respondent.
Bruce A. Young, New York, for appellant.
Marion C. Perry, New York, for respondent.
Moulton, J.P., Gesmer, González, Rodriguez, Michael, JJ.
Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Robert T. Johnson, J.), entered on or about October 17, 2022, which, after a fact-finding hearing, found that petitioner failed to establish the family offenses of harassment in the first or second degrees and attempted assault and dismissed the family offense petition with prejudice, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Family Court properly dismissed the petition since petitioner failed to establish by a fair preponderance of the evidence that respondent, her brother, had committed any acts warranting an order of protection in petitioner’s favor (see Matter of Russell F. v. Brandon Jay F., 120 A.D.3d 1159, 992 NY.S.2d 886 [1st Dept. 2014]; Family Ct Act § 154–c [3]). No basis exists to disturb the court’s findings that respondent and his witnesses were more credible than petitioner and her husband (id.).
We have considered petitioner’s remaining arguments and find them unavailing