Matter of Barbagallo v. Cotto-Donis

Appeal from an order of disposition of the Family Court, Queens County (Dennis Lebwohl, J.), dated September 15, 2014. The order of disposition, after an inquest, dismissed the family offense petition.

Ordered that the order of disposition is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Queens County, for further proceedings on the petition.

The petitioner commenced this family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8. After the respondent failed to appear on a scheduled court date, the matter…