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THIS FAMILY OFFENSE PROCEEDING WAS REMITTED TO FAMILY COURT; APPELLATE REVIEW WAS NOT POSSIBLE IN THE ABSENCE OF FINDINGS OF FACT ADDRESSING CONFLICTING EVIDENCE AND THE CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, remitting the matter to Family Court in this family offense proceeding, noted that appellate review was impossible without findings of fact:

The determination of whether a family offense was committed is a factual issue to be resolved by the hearing court, and that court’s determination regarding the credibility of witnesses is entitled to great weight on appeal unless clearly unsupported by the record … .

Effective appellate review requires that appropriate factual findings be made by the hearing court since it is the court best able to measure the credibility of the witnesses … . In granting or denying a petition for an order of protection, the Family Court must state the facts deemed essential to its determination (see CPLR 4213[b] … ). Remittal is not necessary, however, where the record is sufficient for this Court to conduct an independent review of the evidence … .

Here, the Family Court, which was presented with sharply conflicting accounts by the parties regarding their allegations, issued mutual orders of protection without setting forth any findings with respect to the credibility of the parties or the facts deemed essential to its determinations (see CPLR 4213[b]). Since the record presents factual issues, including questions of credibility, and in light of the conflicting allegations made by the parties against each other, resolution thereof is best left to the court of first instance … . Matter of Sealy v Peart, 2023 NY Slip Op 02128, Second Dept 4-26-23

Practice Point: Here in this family offense proceeding appellate review was not possible because the Family Court judge did not make any findings addressing conflicting evidence and the credibility of witnesses. The matter was remitted because the record was not sufficient for an independent review.

 

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