MATTER OF CHILDREN


256 A.D.2d 96 (1998)

681 N.Y.S.2d 265

In the Matter of R./B. CHILDREN, Alleged to be Abused and/or Neglected. TERRENCE B., Appellant; COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

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

Decided December 10, 1998.


The female child's out-of-court statements to the police detective that respondent had sexually abused her were corroborated by respondent's signed, sworn statement that he had committed the acts of abuse the child had described to the detective. The credibility of this admission, and its corroborative effect, is not undermined by respondent's recantation (see, Matter of Margaret W., 83 A.D.2d 557, lv denied 54 N.Y.2d 609...

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