We agree with Family Court that a fair preponderance of the evidence presented at the hearing established that respondent's actions constituted the family offense of harassment in the second degree. Respondent's behavior, in attempting to strike petitioner with a bat, shoving her into a wall, and threatening the subject child, were done with the intent to alarm or seriously annoy petitioner and served no legitimate purpose (see Family Ct Act §§ 812[1]; 832...
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