MATTER OF MELISSA I.


256 A.D.2d 671 (1998)

681 N.Y.S.2d 372

In the Matter of MELISSA I., a Child Alleged to be Abused and Neglected. COLUMBIA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; LAWRENCE J., Appellant.

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

Decided December 3, 1998.


Peters, J.

By petition filed August 26, 1996, it was alleged that "on or about August 23, 1996" respondent had sexually abused the child (born in 1991) who is the subject of this proceeding and that "at all relevant times" the child was residing with her mother and respondent. The child's initial disclosure occurred during visitation with her father, prompting him and his girlfriend to bring her to a hospital for examination. Kirk Hochstetler, an emergency room physician...

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