Legal Opinion
Hayes v. Hayes
New York City Family Court
Decided February 21, 1986PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Denis R. Hurley, J.
In this Family Court Act article 8 proceeding, the issue is whether a respondent’s threat to physically harm the petitioner may constitute a family offense in the absence of its direct communication by the respondent to the petitioner.1 If the threat was uttered to a third person who, in turn, repeated it to the petitioner, is the petitioner’s case defective as a matter of law?
The facts in the present case are essentially undisputed. The petitioner Adella Hayes alleges that her ex-spouse Vincent Hayes harassed her on May 6, 1985 by communicating certain…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Seymour v. SeymourNew York City Family Court · 1968
- Di Donna v. Di DonnaNew York City Family Court · 1972
- People v. CaineSuffolk County District Court · 1972
- People v. WebbAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- People v. CoadyNew York Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Roofeh v. RoofehNew York Supreme Court · 1988
- Ross v. RossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- People v. SingletonCriminal Court of the City of New York · 1988
- Rachel L. v. Abraham L.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007