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THE STAY-AWAY ORDER OF PROTECTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN VACATED BASED SOLELY ON A PSYCHOLOGIST’S REPORTS IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY TESTIMONY (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, reversing Family Court, determined that the stay-away order of protection should not have been vacated without further fact-finding. Apparently the order was vacated based upon a psychologist’s reports without any testimony:

On … the first day of a combined fact-finding hearing on both petitions, both of the psychologist’s reports were received into evidence on consent. Without any testimony being taken, respondent, joined by the attorney for the child, then moved to vacate the stay-away order of protection. Both petitioner and the mother objected, and, after taking a brief recess, Family Court issued a ruling from the bench vacating the stay-away order of protection, without explanation. …

The record shows that the stay-away order of protection was based on allegations of sexual abuse first reported by the child’s therapist and subsequently pursued by petitioner after its caseworkers interviewed the child. The petition speaks to specific acts of sexual abuse, as well as the emotional stress on the child resulting from respondent’s threatening behavior towards the mother. The decision to vacate the stay-away order of protection was made on the first day of trial and, although the psychologist’s reports were admitted into evidence, petitioner was not precluded from subpoenaing the psychologist for purposes of cross-examination. Moreover, petitioner represented that it intended to call the child’s therapist as a witness. Although we are mindful that the psychologist spoke to the therapist as a collateral source and was highly critical of the interview methods utilized by petitioner’s caseworkers, this record should have been further developed before a determination was made as to whether it was in the child’s best interests to allow respondent unsupervised, overnight parenting time. This is particularly so given respondent’s ongoing, threatening behavior towards the mother and others via text message and on social media. Matter of Andreija N. (Michael N.), 2019 NY Slip Op 53957, Third Dept 11-27-19

 

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