MATTER OF TEVON C.


280 A.D.2d 473 (2001)

720 N.Y.S.2d 178

In the Matter of TEVON C., a Child Alleged to be Abused and Neglected. COMMISSIONER OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent; SYDNEY E., Appellant, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided February 5, 2001.


Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the appellant's contention, a preponderance of the credible evidence established that he abused the child, Tevon C. While in the appellant's care, the child sustained severe and inadequately explained second-degree burns over 40% of his body which required three months of hospitalization (see, Family Ct Act § 1046 [a] [ii]; Matter of Philip M.,

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