Opinion
No. 2022-03080 Docket No. O-31022-18
06-21-2023
In the Matter of Ngozi Dodd, respondent, v. Norman G. Dodd, appellant.
Norman G. Dodd, Brooklyn, NY, appellant pro se. Diana Kelly, Jamaica, NY, for respondent.
Norman G. Dodd, Brooklyn, NY, appellant pro se.
Diana Kelly, Jamaica, NY, for respondent.
BETSY BARROS, J.P. CHERYL E. CHAMBERS JOSEPH J. MALTESE DEBORAH A. DOWLING, JJ.
DECISION & ORDER
In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, Norman G. Dodd appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Rupert V. Barry, J.), dated January 26, 2022. The order, after a hearing, found that Norman G. Dodd had committed acts constituting the family offense of harassment in the second degree and directed the issuance of a final order of protection in favor of Ngozi Dodd and against him to run nunc pro tunc from January 7, 2019, through January 7, 2022.
ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.
An appellant is obligated to assemble a proper record on appeal, which must include any relevant transcripts of proceedings before the hearing court or trial court (see CPLR 5525; Matter of Camarda v Charlot, 208 A.D.3d 1323, 1323; Matter of Petrosino v Petrosino, 192 A.D.3d 1037, 1037; Matter of Leacock v Muhammad, 165 A.D.3d 942, 942). Here, the appellant's failure to provide this Court with all of the relevant transcripts of the Family Court hearing renders the record on appeal inadequate to enable this Court to reach an informed determination on the merits. Accordingly, the appeal must be dismissed (see Matter of Camarda v Charlot, 208 A.D.3d at 1323; Matter of Petrosino v Petrosino, 192 A.D.3d at 1037; see also McIntosh v Genesee Val. Laser Ctr., 121 A.D.3d 1560, 1561).
BARROS, J.P., CHAMBERS, MALTESE and DOWLING, JJ., concur.