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MATTER OF JOLI M.

131 Misc.2d 1088 (1986)

In the Matter of Joli M., a Child Alleged to be Neglected.

Family Court, New York County.

May 20, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Thomas W. Bergdall and Alan Beckoff of counsel), for New York City Commissioner of Social Services. David H. Weiss for Antonio M., respondent. Lenore Gittis and Rhea G. Friedman, Law Guardians.

GEORGE L. JUROW, J.

This court holds that in a sex abuse proceeding under Family Court Act article 10, the corroboration requirement in Family Court Act § 1046 (a) (vi) is satisfied when an 11-year-old child's out-of-court statements naming her father as the abuser are corroborated by proof of the child's pregnancy and subsequent abortion, and that there is no additional requirement of independent proof...

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