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IN THE MATTER OF RICO D.

19 A.D.3d 416 (2005)

796 N.Y.S.2d 144

In the Matter of RICO D., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; DEBRA C., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of SAKA P.-L., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; DEBRA C., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.) In the Matter of DIOR F., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; DEBRA C., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 3.) In the Matter of JOVAN P.-L., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; DEBRA C., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 4.)

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

June 6, 2005.

Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

A child's out-of-court statements may form the basis for a finding of neglect as long as they are sufficiently corroborated by other evidence tending to support the reliability of the child's statements (see Family Ct Act § 1046 [a] [vi]; [b] [i]). Contrary to the mother's contention, the social worker's personal observations of the child Saka's...

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