IN THE MATTER OF SHIRLEY


59 A.D.3d 360 (2009)

873 N.Y.S.2d 616

In the Matter of SHIRLEY C.-M., Also Known as CHERYL C.-M., and Another, Children Alleged to be Abused and Neglected. JOSE M., Appellant; ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent.

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

Decided February 26, 2009.


The finding that the father sexually abused one daughter and derivatively neglected another daughter was supported by a preponderance of the evidence (Family Ct Act § 1012 [e] [iii]; [f] [i] [B]; § 1046 [b] [i]). The daughter's out-of-court statements were corroborated by a child sexual abuse expert, who, after evaluating the child, concluded that she had been abused. Such corroboration included assessing the child's demeanor, intelligence, memory, language, the...

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