Matter of Alexei S. v. Michael M.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan R. Larabee, J.), entered on or about March 19, 2014, which, after a fact-finding hearing, dismissed the petition for an order of protection and vacated a temporary order of protection, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly determined that petitioner failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that respondent committed the family offenses alleged in the petition (see Family Ct Act § 832). Although the parties each provided different accounts of the event that transpired on the date in question, the court resolved the…