Watkins Glen, NY
Government Lawyer at Watkins Glen, NY
Practice Areas: Government, Contracts & Agreements ... +3 more
OUTCOME:
Background: In Seneca County Family Court proceeding for juvenile's adjudication as delinquent, based upon charges that he committed acts which, if committed by an adult, would amount to first-degree ... rape, first-degree burglary, first-degree sexual abuse, unlawful imprisonment, second-degree menacing, and endangering the welfare of a child, juvenile moved to suppress evidence.
OUTCOME:
Background: Incarcerated biological father of two of three children in proceeding filed family offense petition alleging that stepfather, who was biological father of third child involved, had choked a ... nd assaulted one of petitioner's children. The Family Court, Broome County dismissed petition insofar as it pertained to stepfather's child and against mother in its entirety, issued enabling order and order of protection directing stepfather to refrain from using corporal punishment directed toward petitioner's children. Stepfather, supported by mother of all three children, appealed both orders.
OUTCOME:
Background: Mother filed proceeding seeking enforcement of child support order that father had violated. Hearing examiner found father had willfully failed to obey child support order and that father o ... wed child support arrearages of $16,847.49. The Seneca County Family Court deemed hearing examiner's findings of fact to be final order, confirmed order adjudicated father in contempt of support order and committed him to jail for six months. Father appealed.
OUTCOME:
Background: Defendant was convicted of conspiracy in the second degree, and criminal possession of weapon in second degree, in the County Court, Seneca County. Defendant appealed.
OUTCOME: The Supreme Court, Appellate Division, held that daughter's prior out-of-court statements regarding sexual abuse were sufficiently corroborated.
County social services department petitioned to have father's three children declared abused and neglected. Following a fact-finding hearing, the Family Court determined, among other things, that fath ... er had abused daughter, derivatively abused his two sons, and neglected all three of the children.
OUTCOME: Upheld
Owner of three rental properties brought article 78 proceeding against county, seeking review of county's determination that its rental properties were subject to taxation. The Supreme Court, Appellate ... Division, held that county did not act contrary to law in determining that bungalow exemption from state hotel tax law allowed by state tax commissioner was not binding on county, and thus county's imposition of hotel tax on rental properties was permissible.
OUTCOME: Petition sustained on appeal.
Father appealed from an order of the Family Court, which granted petition to adjudicate father's children to be neglected.
OUTCOME: Upheld
Father appealed disposition order of the Family Court, placing his children in the custody of the commissioner of social services, upon a finding that he neglected the children by inflicting excessive ... corporal punishment and misusing a drug.
OUTCOME: Defendant appealed from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty
Defendant appealed from a judgment convicting him upon his plea of guilty to attempted promoting prison contraband in the first degree, upon the ground that the plea was not knowing and voluntary and t ... hat the County Court therefore erred in denying his motion to withdraw the plea.
OUTCOME:
Background: Mother appealed from an order of the Family Court of Schuyler County, which granted father's applications to modify a prior order of custody and to terminate his support obligation.
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