MATTER OF LIZA O.


47 A.D.3d 632 (2008)

849 N.Y.S.2d 594

In the Matter of LIZA O., an Infant. ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent; HECTOR SANCHEZ, Appellant.

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

Decided January 8, 2008.


Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

"[I]n a fact-finding hearing pursuant to Family Court Act article 10 to determine whether a child is abused or neglected, the statute requires that the finding of neglect or abuse be based on a preponderance of the evidence rather than clear and convincing evidence" (Matter of Linda K., 132 A.D.2d 149, 154-155 [1987]). Where the Family Court...

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