MATTER OF D.


139 A.D.2d 736 (1988)

In the Matter of Tawana D. Suffolk County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Belinda D., Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

April 25, 1988


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

At a fact-finding hearing held to establish whether or not Tawana, a 6½-year-old child, had been physically and sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend with the mother's acquiescence, sworn testimony was taken from Tawana's godmother, from the detective who took a statement from Tawana, and from Tawana.

On appeal, the mother argues that Tawana should not have been sworn because she...

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