MATTER OF RAQUEL L.


36 A.D.3d 425 (2007)

826 N.Y.S.2d 252

In the Matter of MARIA RAQUEL L., an Infant. ANNA V., Appellant; COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

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

Decided January 4, 2007.


The preponderance of the evidence supports a finding that the mother engaged in excessive corporal punishment. The caseworker testified that the child reported being struck with a belt by her mother. The child's body, on examination, showed evidence of such a beating, with several significant marks on her back and extremities (see Matter of Jason G., 3 A.D.3d 340 [2004], lv denied 2 N.Y.3d 702<...

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