MATTER OF JADA T. v. MICHAEL A.C.

Docket No. O-2512/19. Appeal No. 12736. Case No. 2019-04255.

189 A.D.3d 730 (2020)

134 N.Y.S.3d 721

2020 NY Slip Op 08021

In the Matter of Jada T., Respondent, v. Michael A.C., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided December 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Baer , New York, for appellant.

Kenneth M. Tuccillo , Hastings on Hudson, for respondent.

Dawne A. Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Patricia Colella of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Webber, J.P., Mazzarelli, Gesmer, Moulton, González, JJ.


A preponderance of the evidence supports the finding that appellant committed the family offenses of assault in the third degree and harassment in the second degree (Matter of Everett C. v Oneida P., 61 A.D.3d 489 [1st Dept 2009]). The record supports the court's credibility determinations.

We also reject appellant's claim that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel because he has failed to show "that he was...

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