Petitioner failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that Edward D., a 10-year-old autistic child, was educationally neglected (see Family Ct Act § 1012 [f] [i] [A]; § 1046 [b] [i]). Edward's unexcused absence from school "does not, ipso facto, establish either the parental misconduct or the harm or potential harm to the child necessary to a finding of [educational] neglect," where a preponderance of the evidence shows that respondent mother...
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