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Court Should Have Taken Judicial Notice of Father’s False Allegations in Prior Proceedings in the Same Court/Court Should Not Have Drawn an Adverse Inference from Mother’s Failure to Call a Witness without Informing Mother of Its Intent to Do So

The Second Department, in reversing Family Court finding that mother committed the family offense of assault, determined Family Court should have taken judicial notice of father’s false allegations in custody proceedings in the same court and should not have drawn an adverse inference from the mother’s failure to call a witness without giving mother the opportunity to explain the witness’ absence:

The Family Court improperly rejected the mother’s request that it take judicial notice of the determination in the parties’ prior custody proceeding, in the same court, in which the father admittedly made false allegations. That proceeding, and the court’s findings therein regarding the father, were relevant to the court’s assessment of the father’s credibility in this matter. Accordingly, the court improvidently exercised its discretion in declining to take judicial notice of the prior custody proceeding … .

Additionally, the Family Court erred in drawing a negative inference based on the mother’s failure to call the child’s maternal grandmother as a witness. ” A party is entitled to a missing witness charge when the party establishes that an uncalled witness possessing information on a material issue would be expected to provide noncumulative testimony in favor of the opposing party and is under the control of and available to that party'” … . The court sua sponte drew a negative inference based on the mother’s failure to call the grandmother as a witness, and failed to advise the mother that it intended to do so … . Matter of Spooner-Boyke v Charles, 2015 NY Slip Op 02132, 2nd Dept 3-18-15

 

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