Matter of N.Y. City Commr. of Soc. v. Joanna

Full title: In the Matter of the NEW YORK CITY COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, on…

Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Nov 7, 1994

209 A.D.2d 417 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

619 N.Y.S.2d 599

Opinion

November 7, 1994

Appeal from the Family Court, Kings County (Greenbaum, J.).

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

Where there is conflicting testimony, and the matter turns almost entirely on assessments of the credibility of witnesses, the factual findings of the hearing court must be accorded great weight (see, Matter of Carine T., 183 A.D.2d 902). Under the facts of the present case, where conflicting testimony was elicited at the fact-finding hearing, we decline to disturb the hearing court's determination of the factual issues.

We have reviewed the mother's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit. Thompson, J.P., Balletta, Rosenblatt and Florio, JJ., concur.