Legal Opinion
In re Frantrae W.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 20, 2007PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan K. Knipps, J.), *413entered on or about January 24, 2006, which found respondent father to have neglected and abused the children, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Despite the serious nature of the charges, the Family Court’s credibility determinations, based on sharply divergent testimony, are entitled to deference (see Matter of Benjamin L., 9 AD3d 153, 155 [2004]). The record supports the court’s findings that appellant abused his older daughter by having sexual intercourse with her in 2003 and 2004. His argument that the older daughter’s…
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