| Matter of Lanzafame v Jones |
| 2014 NYSlipOp 06753 [121 AD3d 1598] |
| October 3, 2014 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Jennifer L. Lanzafame, Appellant, v Robert A. Jones, Jr., Respondent. |
Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society, Syracuse (Rupak R. Shah of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.
D.J. & J.A. Cirando, Esqs., Syracuse (Elizabeth DeV. Moeller of counsel), for respondent-respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Onondaga County (Thomas Benedetto, Ref.), entered July 22, 2013 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 8. The order dismissed the petition.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Petitioner appeals from an order dismissing her Family Court Act article 8 petition alleging that respondent willfully violated an order of protection directing him to stay away from petitioner. We affirm. Contrary to petitioner's contention, she failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that respondent willfully violated the terms of the order of protection (cf. Matter of Mary Ann YY. v Edward YY., 100 AD3d 1253, 1254 [2012]). Present—Smith, J.P., Peradotto, Valentino, Whalen and DeJoseph, JJ.