The findings of excessive corporal punishment are adequately supported by Nicole's out-of-court statements, as testified to by petitioner's caseworker, that the mother had repeatedly hit and punched her about the head and face, pulled her hair and shoved her into a bookcase. These statements were corroborated by the caseworker's observation of a bruise and laceration on Nicole's face and by photographs taken at the hospital. The oral report transmission, which was properly...
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