MATTER OF O.


240 A.D.2d 179 (1997)

658 N.Y.S.2d 871

In the Matter of Johnny O. and Another, Children Alleged to be Abused and/or Neglected. Luz N., Appellant; Commissioner of Social Services, Respondent, et al., Respondent

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

June 5, 1997


Sworn testimony of respondent's children of frequent, almost daily, brutal beatings with a belt over a period of many years, which often left them bruised and in serious pain, was sufficient, standing alone, to prove abuse (Matter of R. Children, 216 A.D.2d 6; Matter of Venus S., 228 A.D.2d 314). Moreover, the testimony of the two children was so internally consistent as to be cross-corroborating...

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