Case Name: In the Matter of Monique Elizabeth J., Respondent, v. Orlandro D., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-12-15
Citations: 145 A.D.3d 557
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Monique Elizabeth J., Respondent, v Orlandro D., Appellant.
Judges: Concur—Acosta, J.P., Andrias, Moskowitz, Gische and Webber, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 145
Pages: 557–558

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Monique Elizabeth J., Respondent, v Orlandro D., Appellant.
[43 NYS3d 335]

Opinion:
Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Tracey A. Bing, J.), entered on or about September 25, 2015, which, after a fact-finding hearing, found that respondent committed the family offense of disorderly conduct, and issued an 18-month order of protection in favor of petitioner and her two children, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
A fair preponderance of the evidence supports the finding that respondent committed the family offense of disorderly conduct (Family Ct Act § 812). Such evidence included petitioner's testimony that while they were in the courthouse, respondent attempted to take their child, who was securely strapped to the chest of petitioner's fiancé in a carrier, out of the carrier. In the process, he pushed petitioner and her four-year-old daughter. Petitioner screamed at respondent to stop, but they got into an altercation, which court officers had to defuse (see Matter of Banks v Opoku, 109 AD3d 470 [2d Dept 2013]; Penal Law § 240.20 [1], [7]).
There exists no basis to disturb the Family Court's credibility determinations (see Matter of Marcela H-A. v Azouhouni A., 132 AD3d 566, 567 [1st Dept 2015]).
Concur—Acosta, J.P., Andrias, Moskowitz, Gische and Webber, JJ.