Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1995

Reiss v. Reiss

Reiss v. Reiss
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 28, 1995
221 A.D.2d 280; 221 N.Y.S.2d 467; 1995 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 12170
Reiss v. Reiss

Opinion of the Court

—Order, Family Court, New York County (Mary Bednar, J.), entered September 26, 1994, which granted petitioner an order of protection, following a fact-finding determination that respondent committed a family offense by engaging in conduct that constitutes harassment in the second degree, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondent’s intent to commit harassment in the second degree was properly inferred from the surrounding circumstances (see, Kellermueller v Port Auth., 201 AD2d 427, 429, citing People v Collins, 178 AD2d 789), including, in particular, the 44 year old respondent lying on the living room floor of petitioner, his mother, for a day and a half. Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Rubin, Kupferman, Asch and Williams, JJ.

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