Messana v. Messana
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, Jennifer Messana appeals from an order of protection of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Burke, Ct. Atty. Ref.), dated December 4, 2012, which, after a fact-finding hearing, and upon a finding that she committed the family offense of harassment in the second degree, directed her, inter alia, to refrain from harassing Michael Messana for a period of two years.
Ordered that the order of protection is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
A family offense must be established by a fair preponderance of the evidence (see…
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