Legal Opinion
Lannaman v. Minus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 6, 2012PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*757In a family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, the father appeals from two orders of the Family Court, Dutchess County (Sammarco, J.), both dated July 12, 2011, which, after a hearing, inter alia, dismissed the petition.
Ordered that the orders are affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The determination of whether a family offense was committed is a factual issue to be resolved by the Family Court, and its determination regarding the credibility of witnesses is entitled to considerable deference on appeal (see Matter of Sepulveda v Perez, 90 AD3d 1057 [2011]; Matter…
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