Case Name: In the Matter of Lystra Fatimah N., Respondent, v. Rafael M., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-11-20
Citations: 122 A.D.3d 499
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Lystra Fatimah N., Respondent, v Rafael M., Appellant.
Judges: Concur — Tom, J.E, Friedman, Feinman, Gische and Kapnick, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 122
Pages: 499–499

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Lystra Fatimah N., Respondent, v Rafael M., Appellant.
[997 NYS2d 624]

Opinion:
Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Faul A. Goetz, J.), entered on or about June 12, 2013, which, after a fact-finding hearing, granted petitioner an order of protection for one year, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the order of protection vacated.
The court found that respondent committed acts constituting the family offense of aggravated harassment in the second degree (Eenal Law § 240.30) based on petitioner's testimony that on two specific occasions, and many other times, respondent made telephone calls in which he threatened her. While the court's findings are amply supported by the record, the statutory language that a communication will constitute "aggravated harassment in the second degree when [made] with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person" has since been found to be unconstitutionally vague and overbroad (People v Golb, 23 NY3d 455, 465-468 [2014]), requiring that the order be vacated.
Concur — Tom, J.E, Friedman, Feinman, Gische and Kapnick, JJ.