Lisa S. v. William V.

Full title: In re LISA S., Petitioner–Respondent, v. WILLIAM V., Respondent–Appellant.

Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.

Date published: May 22, 2012

95 A.D.3d 666 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)

2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 3936

943 N.Y.S.2d 886

Opinion

2012-05-22

In re LISA S., Petitioner–Respondent, v. WILLIAM V., Respondent–Appellant.

Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Syosset (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for appellant. Anne Reiniger, New York, for respondent.

Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Syosset (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for appellant. Anne Reiniger, New York, for respondent.

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Andrea Masley, J.), entered on or about January 26, 2011, which, after a hearing in a proceeding brought pursuant to article 8 of the Family Court Act, granted petitioner's application for a final order of protection in her favor which expires on January 25, 2013, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The record amply supports Family Court's determination that a two-year order of protection is warranted. The court's credibility determinations, made in connection with this determination, should be accorded deference, and we find no basis to disturb them ( see *887 Matter of F.B. v. W.B., 248 A.D.2d 119, 669 N.Y.S.2d 551 [1998]; Matter of Baez v. Martinez, 255 A.D.2d 131, 132, 679 N.Y.S.2d 576 [1998] ).

MAZZARELLI, J.P., FRIEDMAN, CATTERSON, RICHTER, MANZANET–DANIELS, JJ., concur.