It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum:
On appeal from an order adjudicating his child to be an abused and neglected child, respondent father contends that Family Court erred in relying upon the child's unsworn out-of-court statements in granting the petitions because those statements were not corroborated. We reject that contention (see generally Family Ct Act § 1046 [a] [vi];
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