Legal Opinion

Matter of Blackett v. Blackett

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

Decided December 17, 2014No. 2013-06480PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (John M. Hunt, J), dated May 20, 2013. The order, after a hearing, denied the family offense petition for failure to prove a family offense by a preponderance of the evidence, and dismissed the proceeding.

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

“In a family offense proceeding, the petitioner has the burden of establishing, by a ‘fair preponderance of the evidence,’ that the charged conduct was committed as alleged in the petition” (Matter of Cassie v Cassie, 109 AD3d 337, 340 [2013], quoting Family Ct Act §…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Creighton v. WhitmoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. Cassie v. CassieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  3. Kaur v. SinghAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  4. Testa v. StricklandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  5. Streat v. StreatAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Matter of Henderson v. HendersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  2. Matter of Buskey v. BuskeyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  3. Matter of de Salmon v. SalmonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  4. Matter of Cole v. MuirheadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. Matter of Tumba v. GharibAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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