The record provides no basis to overturn the court's credibility finding as to the mother's testimony. Because the child was not called in the proceeding, there are no admissions by the father, and there was no physical evidence of sexual abuse; the only proof offered were hearsay statements. The out-of-court statements of the child were not sufficiently corroborated to establish abuse by a preponderance of the evidence (Matter of Nicole V.,
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