Opinion
December 29, 1995
Appeal from the Family Court, Suffolk County (McElligott, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The evidence adduced at the hearing demonstrated that the granting of an order of protection was not improper (see, Merola v Merola, 146 A.D.2d 611; Kilmer v Kilmer, 109 A.D.2d 1004; Matter of Leffingwell v Leffingwell, 86 A.D.2d 929). The record amply demonstrates that the husband conducted himself in an offensive and frightening manner toward the wife. Thus, it is clear that an order directing him to stay away from the marital residence was reasonably necessary to provide meaningful protection and to eliminate the root of the family disturbance (see, Matter of Greene v Greene, 216 A.D.2d 393; Matter of Brown v Brown, 185 A.D.2d 812; Matter of Leffingwell v Leffingwell, supra). Rosenblatt, J.P., Ritter, Hart and Krausman, JJ., concur.