Case Name: In the Matter of Eric Fechter, Petitioner, v. New York State Office of Children and Family Services et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2013-06-14
Citations: 107 A.D.3d 1583
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Eric Fechter, Petitioner, v New York State Office of Children and Family Services et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 107
Pages: 1583–1584

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Eric Fechter, Petitioner, v New York State Office of Children and Family Services et al., Respondents.
[968 NYS2d 821]

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department by order of the Supreme Court, Niagara County [Ralph A. Boniello, III, J], entered August 13, 2012) to review a determination of respondent New York State Office of Children and Family Services. The determination denied petitioner's request that an indicated report of maltreatment be amended to unfounded.
It is hereby ordered that the determination is unanimously confirmed without costs and the petition is dismissed.
Memorandum: Petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding to review a determination, made after a fair hearing, denying his request to amend an indicated report of maltreatment with respect to his daughter to an unfounded report, and to seal it (see Social Services Law § 422 [8] [a] [v]; [c] [ii]). "Our review . is limited to whether the determination was supported by substantial evidence in the record on the petitioner's] application for expungement" (Matter of Mangus v Niagara County Dept. of Social Servs., 68 AD3d 1774, 1774 [2009], lv denied 15 NY3d 705 [2010] [internal quotation marks omitted]). Upon conducting such a review, we conclude that the agency's determination is supported by substantial evidence (see generally Matter of Draman v New York State Off. of Children & Family Servs., 78 AD3d 1603, 1603-1604 [2010]; Mangus, 68 AD3d at 1775; Matter of Theresa G. v Johnson, 26 AD3d 726, 726-727 [2006]). Present — Smith, J.P., Fahey, Carni, Valentino and Whalen, JJ.