Case Name: In the Matter of Peter G., Appellant, v. Karleen K., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2008-05-22
Citations: 51 A.D.3d 541
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Peter G., Appellant, v Karleen K., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 541–542

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Peter G., Appellant, v Karleen K., Respondent.
[856 NYS2d 859]

Opinion:
Order, Family Court, New York County (Karen I. Lupuloff, J.), entered December 5, 2007, which, after a fact-finding hearing, in this proceeding brought pursuant to article 8 of the Family Court Act, dismissed the petition seeking an order of protection, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly dismissed the petition where the evidence failed to establish by a fair preponderance thereof that respondent committed acts that would constitute assault in the third degree during an incident where the parties' five-year-old son would not willingly attend a weekend visit with petitioner (see Family Ct Act § 812 [1]; § 832; Penal Law § 120.00). There exists no basis upon which to disturb the court's credibility determinations (see Matter of Smith v Smith, 308 AD2d 592 [2003]).
We decline to review petitioner's request that the Family Court Judge be recused and that his custody petition be assigned to a different judge, since this issue is raised for the first time on appeal. Concur—Lippman, P.J., Andrias, Nardelli, Acosta and DeGrasse, JJ.