Velazquez v. Haffey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
“A family offense must be established by a ‘fair preponderance of the evidence’ ” (Matter of Alam v Alam, 108 AD3d 665, 666 [2013], quoting Family Ct Act § 832). “Where, as here, the Family Court was confronted primarily with issues of credibility, its factual findings must be accorded great weight on appeal unless they were clearly unsupported by the record” (Matter of Harris v Harris, 59 AD3d 444, 444 [2009]; see Matter of Akter v Patwary, 80 AD3d 759 [2011]; Matter of Krystal M., 3 AD3d 498, 499 [2004]; Matter of St. Denis v St. Denis, 1 AD3d 370 [2003]). Under the circumstances of this…
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