The finding of neglect as against the mother was not supported by a preponderance of the evidence (see Family Ct Act § 1012 [f]; § 1046 [b] [i]). The mother's false statement that she, and not the father, hit the subject child with a belt, did not, under the circumstances, establish that the mother had failed to exercise a minimum degree of care, or that the child was in imminent danger of being impaired as a result of the false statement (see Nicholson...
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