Matter of Joseph S.
2009 NY Slip Op 04912 [63 AD3d 850]
June 9, 2009
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, August 5, 2009


In the Matter of Joseph S. Suffolk County Department of SocialServices, Respondent; John A.S., Appellant.

[*1]Gina M. Scelta, Centerport, N.Y., for appellant.

Christine Malafi, County Attorney, Central Islip, N.Y. (Jeffrey P. Tavel of counsel), forrespondent.

Regina G. Russell, Hauppauge, N.Y., attorney for the child.

In a neglect proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the father appeals, aslimited by his brief, (1) from so much of an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County(Freundlich, J.), dated July 17, 2008, as, after a fact-finding and dispositional hearing, grantedthe petition of the Suffolk County Department of Social Services to extend supervision anddirected him to complete a domestic violence prevention program, and (2) from so much of anorder of the same court, also dated July 17, 2008, as extended the conditions of an order ofprotection dated December 18, 2007, until July 17, 2009.

Ordered that the orders are affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs ordisbursements.

Contrary to the father's contentions, the Family Court properly directed him to complete adomestic violence prevention program (see Family Ct Act § 1057; 22 NYCRR205.83; Matter of Abby Gail E., 191 AD2d 696 [1993]; Matter of Renee L., 166AD2d 448 [1990]; Matter of Eunice B., 144 AD2d 665 [1988]). Similarly, the FamilyCourt properly extended the conditions of the order of protection dated December 18, 2007, untilJuly 17, 2009 (see Family Ct Act § 1056).

The father's remaining contentions are without merit. Fisher, J.P., Dickerson, Eng and Hall,JJ., concur.


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