MATTER OF TONEATTI v. SCHIAVONE


266 A.D.2d 303 (1999)

698 N.Y.S.2d 690

In the Matter of CHRISTINE TONEATTI, Also Known as CHRISTINE SCHIAVONE, Respondent, v. VICTOR SCHIAVONE, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided November 8, 1999.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The question of whether the appellant threatened the use of a deadly weapon (see, Family Ct Act § 842-a [2] [a]) was a disputed factual issue for the court to resolve. As the trier of fact, the Family Court's determination regarding the credibility of witnesses is entitled to great weight (see, Matter of Hendrick v DiRusso, 264 A.D.2d 523;

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