MATTER OF OLUWASHOLA P.

No. 7792.

95 A.D.3d 778 (2012)

945 N.Y.S.2d 290

2012 NY Slip Op 4218

In the Matter of OLUWASHOLA P., an Infant. ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Appellant; EMMA T., Respondent.

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

Decided May 31, 2012.


The caseworker testified that the child stated that the mother beat him with a cord on his back when he broke a toy. The child's statements were corroborated by a letter written by the mother to her boyfriend in prison, which stated that she had "just" beaten the child as if it was "judgment day," for breaking the toy (see Matter of Christopher L., 19 A.D.3d 597 [2005]). The mother's statement...

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