MATTER OF STEFANI C.


61 A.D.3d 681 (2009)

876 N.Y.S.2d 501

In the Matter of STEFANI C., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; OSCAR A., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of KATHERINE C., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; OSCAR A., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.)

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

Decided April 7, 2009.


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

The Family Court properly found that the petitioner established by a preponderance of the evidence that the father neglected the subject children. The Family Court's determination in a neglect proceeding where issues of credibility are presented is entitled to great deference on appeal, as the court saw and heard the witnesses (see Matter of Steven Glenn...

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