Matter of Joyesha J. v. Oscar S.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Marva A. Burnett, Ref.), entered on or about April 30, 2014, which, after a fact-finding hearing, dismissed the petition seeking an order of protection on behalf of petitioner and her children against respondent father, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The Referee properly determined that petitioner did not establish a family offense by a fair preponderance of the evidence (Family Ct Act § 832). Petitioner’s allegations that the father improperly touched one or more of the children were unsupported by admissible evidence, but only by inadmissible…