Legal Opinion

Marino v. Marino

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 20, 2004PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Dounias, J.), dated April 7, 2004, which, inter alia, after a hearing, in effect, found that he committed certain family offenses and granted an order of protection to the mother and the parties’ two children for a period of one year.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

As the trier of fact, the Family Court’s determination regard*538ing the credibility of witnesses is entitled to great weight (see Matter of Betz v Betz, 241…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Tibichrani v. DebsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  2. Betz v. BetzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Charles v. CharlesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  2. De La Cruz v. ColonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  3. Arlene E. v. Ralph E.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
  4. Minus v. LannamanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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