B., MEGYN J. v. D., CORY A.

Memorandum: In this family offense proceeding pursuant to article 8 of the Family Court Act, respondent appeals from a two-year order of protection issued against him on behalf of his 17-year-old daughter. The order was issued following a determination by Family Court that respondent committed the family offense of harassment in the second degree (see Family Ct Act § 832; Penal Law § 240.26 [1]). Respondent contends that the order must be vacated because petitioner, the child’s mother and respondent’s ex-wife, failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he harassed his daughter.…