Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
We agree that the petitioner did not establish by a fair preponderance of the credible evidence that the subject children, ages 14 and 16, respectively, were neglected within the meaning of Family Court Act § 1012. Among other things, the allegations of excessive corporal punishment were not supported by physical evidence (see, Matter of Coleen P.,
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