MATTER OF CHRISTINA Z.


284 A.D.2d 210 (2001)

726 N.Y.S.2d 549

In the Matter of CHRISTINA Z., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. MARY Z. et al., Respondents; ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent. MONICA DRINANE, as Law Guardian, Appellant.

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

Decided June 19, 2001.


We find that this application was properly denied upon a finding, based largely on witness credibility, that respondent's boyfriend presented an imminent risk to the child's health or safety. While respondent and the child contend that the paramour is no longer in respondent's life, the record demonstrates a substantial probability that the boyfriend's sexual and abusive conduct might continue and constitutes an imminent danger to the child (see Matter of F. Children,...

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