Legal Opinion

St. Denis v. St. Denis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 3, 2003Published

1Opinion of the Court

In a family offense proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8, the appeal is from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Clark, J.), dated March 11, 2003, which, after a hearing, dismissed the petition.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Where, as here, the Family Court is confronted with an issue of credibility, its factual findings must be accorded great weight on appeal unless they are clearly unsupported by the record (see Matter of Topper v Topper, 271 AD2d 613 [2000]; see also Matter of Bryan S., 286 AD2d 685 [2001]; Matter of Toneatti v…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cutrone v. CutroneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
  2. Topper v. TopperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  3. In re Bryan S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
  4. Toneatti v. SchiavoneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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